Moving To SF Bay area

[Curry Forrer]

Hello fellow B.P members I will be moving to the Alameda CA area and taking a Job in the financial district of S.F. just wanted to throw a pebble in the pond and see if I can start rubbing elbows with some locals and get acclimated to the market. I will be moving from Tampa so big move and any advice or meet up info would be greatly appreciated. Also I will be looking to Rent a Home in the area so any one who has any info on homes in the area please let me know. Ideal situation would be upgrading a rental for a landlord in exchange for discounted rent. Optimistically fingers crossed.

[Chris Mason]

Welcome to the Real Bay Area, much cooler than the Tampa Bay area. 

(Add "bay area" to your keywords thing to get the joke.)

If you're moving to the city/island of Alameda, there's currently a grass roots rent control movement gaining traction. So landlords are really trying to max rent out right now, while they still can.