If you’ve gotten serious about real estate investing but willing to forgo the services of a real estate professional to help you locate multifamily properties, preferring instead to locate properties worth the investment on your own, fair enough. A property owner may be reluctant to sell California real estate without the aid of a real estate agent because of the complications of completing a transaction. In this case, a multifamily property that’s been neglected or has higher-than-normal vacancies is not necessarily a bad real estate investment, but poorly maintained and managed buildings could be an indication that the owner might …