I was initially considering selling my triplex and buying a single family in the bay area for the sake of aggressive future  appreciation while also giving a comfortable living with family but being a single W2 earner the numbers are still not making any sense besides future appreciation is highly speculative.So I was thinking if it would it make sense to buy a 12 plex in places like Oakland for around 2.2 mil using the sales proceeds of the triplex perhaps do a 1031 exchange.

If you are comfortable with that then you can always hold it for the long term. 

I'm still comfortable with LTR, MTR, and STR here in CO

We had dinner, where I got all the info to feel comfortable to start investing in other markets.

(This will be a business, not a relaxing vacation on the beach.)  

Cheap fix and makes the house so much more comfy year round -> lower turn over rate, and an average turn over costs us about 5k, so well worth to invest in your tenant's comfort.

Yes, I am making sure that the loan officer I am comfortable with the loan officer I am working with and they are open about everything.

@John Mezzoni I always put 20% down, it’s my comfort zone for keeping enough equity and hopefully payments low enough to leave some cash flow.

So many that I've spoken with haven't made me feel comfortable enough to hand the reigns over to them.

I have a property that is a 2/1 and can comfortably sleep 4, but because of city guidelines I can only advertise a 3 Max Occ.