If you’re open to exploring outside the Bay Area, markets like Milwaukee, Chicago, and parts of Indiana offer strong potential for flips and rentals.

I am down in the Tampa Bay area!!! 

Many of my investors who buy in Austin are specifically from the Bay Area.

I came back to the Bay Area to sky high prices.  

I live in California, this is a bay area property.were not looking to move out of state and house hacking is less palatable when a duplex costs 1.6 million.

Tax savings are amazing and I have utilized cost segs myself, but you also have an opportunity to make an amazing return on your money in the Tampa Bay market. 

If someone is paying cash or putting down 50%, it would "cash flow" better - there are investors in the Bay Area that have a lot of capital, not usually a first time investor that pay cash.

I have 3 appreciating properties (1 SFH in Bay Area, 1 MF Bay Area and 1 SFH Indianapolis great suburb with excellent schools).

The Tampa Bay area can really be the best of both worlds in terms of appreciation and cash flow, as long as you execute correctly.

Hey Josue, fellow Californian here (and former Bay Area resident).