Cash flow is very achievable and there is certainly some chance for appreciation, especially if the Silicon Prairie really takes off.

You have to rent a yacht and a swimming pool for a couple of hours and hire a couple of blond siliconed bimbettes, er, actresses to hang all over you while you make a TV ad.

Hi folks,I just purchased a condo near the Silicon Beach area in West Los Angeles and I am considering renting in out as corporate rental in a few months.

Sam Shueh Silicon Valley

Owned a SFR in Silicon Valley (Santa Clara County), CA, sold it at the peak of the market and 1031'd into a MFU 6unit in Redlands, CA.Santa Clara has always been hot, so phenomenal appreciation was no surprise.buy & hold on the MFU created phenomenal cash flow each year, for 18 yearsLot's of bias here on BP as to which is better, so I'll let you research for yourself - - determine your goals and how you want to interact with your REI and then proceed.PSST; nothing worthwhile is 'easy'

You still get find it in Silicon Valley not long ago with 20-35% appreciation year after year.

I understand it could be as high as $100 per sq ft in Silicon Valley California but also much less somewhere else depending on the area.

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.

After the dot-com crash in the early 2000s, some apartment complexes in Silicon Valley were offering "first month's rent free" to attract tenants in a very slow and competitive market (desperate measures for desperate times).In other words, keep the regular rent unchanged, but offer one-time discount perks to motivate people to act now.

@Chris Williams,I am also based in Silicon Valley and exploring some similar ideas/markets.