I am a general contractor in the Bay Area, CA.

I currently own a condo in the bay area with LTV of 77% on a 20yr fixed mortgage purchased last year.

Hello everyone!I'm new here but I've been listening to the BP podcasts for some time now as well as lurking around the forums for the past few weeks so I decided it was time to introduce myself! I live in San Francisc...

Other firms tracking rent trends have consistently ranked Sacramento's rent increases at or near the highest in the U.S. in the last couple years, citing a combination of limited housing supply, rising incomes form Bay Area transplants and a surge of apartment property investments as reasons for the surge.Region Business, an advocacy group for local economic development, issued a statement Thursday opposing the potential measure.

Hi Bigger pockets crew I'm from the Bay Area and considering to buy a condo or town house in the east bay with my fiancée.

I see people doing similar strategy here in the Bay Area where price and appreciation is higher.

Hey,I'm purchasing an amazing deal in Richmond, CA and looking to make the move up to the bay from LA.

*Sigh*  I can totally understand why people are leaving the SF bay area in droves. 

@Wen Chuang, As well as being an investor in the Bay Area/San Francisco, I also run a property management company in San Francisco and what you're asking and describing unfortunately doesn't have a simple answer and falls into those all too familiar words of "It Depends."

It features the AC Aquarium, great views of both bay and sea, fishing, charter boats and other activities.