If you were crooked enough and so inclined, or a dumb investor who stripped the equity and spent it on losing propositions. 

There are a ton of things that you can do to begin getting leads: Some have worked for me, Some have not.Open Houses: very simple to do, yet CAN yields a ton of results. getting interested buyers are peoples first inclination, but it can do so much more than that, for Branding, getting to know different areas, previewing condition of homes, getting to know the market, etc.Cold Calling: I am pretty good at this, and spend most of my time here.

Specifically the area they call" The incline district".

The information in ones that could potentially help an investor can be learned elsewhere (or simply take those if you are so inclined). 

If he is a recent college student you could give them some leeway, but I'm not inclined to do so. unfortunately, you can't make them leave right now regardless.

OP needs to understand every bit of city has its own micro-structure, its own cycle and in-migration dynamics.The latter part is the choice my one city within the same region experiences huge inclines, and the other has persistent decline.People is just simply moving.One very reason why the east bay is the highest appreciation now is because of good quality school district, and tech people from south bay move to east.

Calculators are great Jeff, but these on bloomberg or any others do not calculate the interst savings on the format I explained above.You pretty much have to do it by hand to see your savings (obviously must be somewhat mathematically inclined)

@Dusty Cady that was my inclination as well.

What are your inclinations?

If you already run a travel agency and are inclined to buy and hold, there may be some synergy investing in vacation rentals ... something to consider.