I personally like the buy-and-hold strategy and we help clients who share this long-term, wealth building mindset. 

It will be a run down apartment building before long.

We are looking to connect with others to build a solid foundation to our newly started company. 

I've had pretty good success the last couple years with a combination of house hacking and building Accessory Dwelling Units.

I guess they have more land to build there so it might reduce the appreciation there?

@Aaron Washington wind insurance is a must unless you have master insurance in place that covers your building.

The reason is the rent-to-price ratio is good so you can cash flow, and most of the West side doesn’t have a Point of sale inspection which is really annoying.

Fix-and-flips and new builds are always exciting!

Remodel#rd Bedroom conversion by building a closet (the window and door were already there).

Renting could allow you to focus on paying down debt and saving for a larger down payment, while buying now could help you start building equity or even generate passive income through house hacking.