It’s more akin to the difference of playing on an American versus European style roulette table.

Real wealth transfers from the old to the young in an inflationary environment.While the US too, will get older, we have advantages over many Asian and European countries in the form of migration from young, able-bodied people who travel from all over the world, and particularly, from South and Central America.

You can apply for a commissioner's adjust but that will be denied tooBasically you can only list your unit when you are out of town (e) Listing and rental in buildings with up to four dwelling units – Restricted.

COMMISSIONER: Frequent and substantial sales of real property more likely indicate sales in the ordinary course of business, whereas infrequent sales for significant profits are more indicative of real property held as an investment.Classification of gain as capital or ordinary is determined property-by-property, based on the statutory determination of whether the property is a capital asset or property held for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business.

You may apply for a Commissioner's Adjustment to waive the primary residency requirements.

I hired an expeditor to handle the matter, he was friends with the assistant housing commissioner.

With that being said, there are plenty of people that can live decently in many European countries with less than your cash flow.I wouldn't retire until I had a large reserve, and more cash-flow, which would allow me to continue investing in properties more passively 

The modern European style kitchen features plenty of storage and room for a full size dining room table.

It's a matter of indifference to me what a weak western European civilization will say about me.

From a geographical standpoint, all these inflations and fed hike actually make US Dollar is getting stronger and investors flee European currency.Bay Area market is still strong, especially for luxury market.