The risk is less in Las Vegas compared to bay area, and you get close to the dollar gained.

I live in the bay area and my parents retired from here last year and bought a house in Phoenix.

At some point, I'm going to build a retirement pad on my lot on the Bay River (in NC)... but I'll be building small and low $/sq.ft. that will be nothing close to the grandeur of your Charleston builds! 

I've only invested in MFH around the Bay Area but am interested to learn how to invest out of state.

Hey everyone! So I was traveling out to a few different areas and the radio ads for 1% listings were out of the world. We have Redfin doing that around Chicago-land, but I don't feel like it's as predominate here as i...

I was the lender they were the borrowers and when things went bad their tenants stopped paying they could would pay for a few months then quit and then I took the asset.. lost of drama lots of marital discord .. was not pretty.. but I am not predicting those times again I am hoping that was once in a life time.. but folks that had free and clear assets even if they sat vacant they did not lose them.. that's my point.. no most of my friends that made it owned business or were presidents of companies that went public and got monster stock payouts.. remember I am from the Bay AREA...

Josh.Welcome to BP.I grew up in San Mateo and know the struggles of investing in the bay area.

depends on your temperament and your goal.. and where it is.one well place rental in the SF bay area is a gold mine.one poorly placed rental in Detroit not so much.. so it depends..

Without saying, to me she is the best CPA in the bay area. 

Or else is it just the crazy SF Bay Area market with overvalued properties that naturally sell higher than the rental market can bare?