Just saw your post, wonder whether you have done more "creative financing" in the past few months and could share your experience.My husband and I work in Silicon Valley, have well-paid jobs in tech companies, but traditional lenders do not consider US income.

Michael says that includes Silicon Valley which is seeing a slow-down from the incredible growth rates of recent years.The report predicts the Stockton area will see non-farm employment go up by 4 percent this year; for Sacramento it's about 2.5 percent.And California's unemployment rate is projected to stabilize around 5 percent over the next few years.Michael predicts a lot more new housing construction in California too."

The slight overhang helps to hide the silicone bead and reduces complaints of discoloration and mold buildup.

I live and work in SoCal (Silicon Beach specifically), and want to invest in SoCal as well.

Residential rentals are cooling off in Silicon Valley as well.

Hello fellow BPers,Long-time lurker, first time introducer :-)I started doing some REI via syndications, TICs, etc., over 10 years ago, mainly riding the coattails of others.  Some of those deals worked out ok, some d...

In areas like silicon valley it is not unusual at all for a company to arrange and pay for housing for key employees, sometimes it is even part of their compensation package.

Hi Kelly,Welcome to BP, a real estate site second to none, from another ex-engineer in the beautiful Silicon Valley.

Painted a whole doorknob white, siliconed a drywall corner (cant be painted), non-varied flooring planks running down a hallway, etc.His argument: It's a rental, only you are noticing these things, you aren't going to live here, who cares. 

Silicon Valley when I was on the vendor side and then later banking when I was on the client side.