Your cash flow might be high, and if somehow those towns ever turned, they would be an insane thing to get in on early.

Folks;  deals are insanely difficult to get today. 

Here is just my 2 cents - I think equity and appreciation are what makes you wealthy in the long run, especially being in San Jose.

Hi,I am in the process of putting a property in San Antonio for sale and I am looking for some staging company suggestions.

Your statement about staggering appreciation since the crash and insane rental demand was  also true 12 months ago.

Is the Apple farm also in San Diego?

I believe in San Antonio as a whole for long term appreciation but Vida specifically depends on specifics of the home.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in San Diego.

Insane property, insane price, but too much risk for my taste. 

A LOT of distrress is leading to mergers and firings, in just the last few weeks, this happened: (Big credit to @NewsLambert)Lower to acquire Universal Lending retail and wholesale operations (11/1/23)Trustar Mortgage acquired by Archer Mortgage, LLC (11/1/23)People’s Bank of Commerce to exit residential mortgage lending (10/27/23)BMO Bank cutting 228 jobs in Northern California (10/25/23)Homestar Financial to wind down operations (10/25/23)City National Bank layoffs in Los Angeles total 71 (10/23/23)Hometown Lenders layoffs (10/12/23)First Savings Bank to lay off 135 mortgage workers (10/4/23)Wesley Mortgage absorbs competitor Colten Mortgage (10/4/23)Cenlar to lay off 85 in Ewing, NJ (10/2/23)Rithm Capital to acquire Computershare Mortgage Services Inc. (10/2/23)Wells Fargo cut 525 jobs in South Carolina (9/28/23)Better Mortgage lays off additional employees (9/22/23)The Graystone Company has acquired Direct Mortgage (9/13/23)Flyhomes to purchase certain assets of Home Sale Assured (9/13/23)Divvy Homes to cut 95 jobs in San Francisco (9/11/23)Farmers-Merchants Bank to sell three branches to focus on core mortgage business (9/11/23)It goes on…..The mortgage industry is in a starkly deep recession.And RIP refinances, unless you are holding an even higher interest rate loan (like a construction/bridge loan or hard money, or perhaps you just fixed your credit.