Could be a cultural difference that is a habit back home.

When interviewing your potential brokers, I would make sure to look for if they are giving you any specific hours you might have to follow just to understand the vibe and culture that they are giving off.

It's a healthy and diverse economy with projected growth, but its also a city surrounded by open build-able land, which means it doesn't have the same kind of condensed urban core, where scarcity of land drives rapid appreciation like in other major cities. 

IF you do max out your own credit by buying SFH’s you can always move on to a syndicate at that point- Tax benefits and CoC - you get all of the same tax benefits between a SFH and a multifamily although the economies of scale may make a cost segregation study more economically viable with a larger asset- TLDR - safer leverage with direct RE, non-callable, possibly non-recourse, along with tax benefits - it’s pretty much the same with multifamily although given the diverse cash flows from multiple units I could argue that the leverage on a multi is safer. 

Honestly, it is difficult for some international immigrants to move out of the Bay Area due to the conveniences that the location offers to them including international grocery stores and friends and family networks for cultural similarities. 

Hello, i will try to keep this as short as possible.iam 26 years old, i live in California, i live with my parents since it is a very normal thing to do in my culture.

The author is from Africa, so has grew up in a culture with a different view of death and has seen a lot of the third world in Africa in his travels, and has seen a lot more disease than the normal US person.

You have such a great resource here to help you build a large and diverse real estate portfolio.

Cooperative ("coop") or co-operative ("co-op"), an association of persons who cooperate for their mutual social, economic, and cultural benefitIn a recent conversation with the local housing authority director, they expressed their frustration with ALL local property management companies.

Or do the engineers think diversity of thoughts/ideas will not benefit them?