Cashman, you MUST look beyond the price per sq foot.
It might be the cheapest that you can find, no argument.
There is a REASON why it’s cheap there.

In the 1980’s Moreno Valley/Sunnymead turned cow pastures into “cheap” housing. In addition to the bargain hunters, It attracted a whole bunch of trailer trash and LA gang families BECAUSE it was cheap and turned the area into a depressing place. AND it gets HOT there.

You have no control over how trashy your neighbors will be.

I’d rather pay $200 a ft and buy half the house in a good area, than be hypnotized by $100 a ft pricing.
I’d rather live in a senior mobile home park with a generation that understands respect than “a tempting bargain” in Lake Elsinore.

There are plenty of decent areas to look at. LE wouldn’t be one in my book.