I am attracted to the stability and passive income potential of buy & hold investments.

This attracts more tenants rather than drive them away while their previous landlord is still holding eir security deposit. 

The new builds tend to attract better-quality residents. 

Downtown is making a huge comeback, attracting lots of new businesses and generally going through a revitalization.

It's making seasonal, MTR, and LTR a lot more attractive or a 1031 exchange as soon as we hit the 2 year mark.Anyone else seeing this in their part of the country?

Partnering with Glenn Klingensmith provided valuable local insights, making this an attractive and strategic investment.

Hopefully this is not some news to you, but sellers are no longer having to pay buyer agent commissions, now is a Choice, which might be confusing, but there is nothing to worry about. still, it doesn't change the fact that to maximize profit, it's wise for sellers to offer a buyer agent commission, attracting more qualified buyers to the listing. and for buyers, the main change is the need for a few extra forms and agreements before viewing properties. 

Partnering with Seth Choate provided valuable local insights, making this an attractive and strategic investment.

How much should we allocate to demo such a structure and prepare it for development so that it's attractive to developers?

The Oakland deal is attractive because you will be there to work the real estate post acquisition which will give you experience that makes you a better investor and a far stronger manager of your other real estate assets.