Now we're seeing investors pouring money into buying Class C rentals - but, many are getting burned.In our experience & opinion, the main determinant of property Class is not location or even property condition, those are #2 and #3.

Imagine buying the worst triplex in the best area.

Is that available to scale up and if there are investors,  resources to manage that side if the business.I imagine a $60M/year Lending business will need systems in place and more than 1 extra person.

I’m definitely going to do something because I can’t imagine doing nothing.

As a new agent I imagine you don't have that kind of coin so if you can't beat um join um.

But in my imagination it seems like a good way to create some prime real estate in the city limits.

I can imagine with having young ones, it can be a lot!

However, if you're a W2 high income earner or business owner, I can't imagine it makes any sense to flip houses, mail mass post cards, wholesale, or build lead gen websites with the value of your time being better spent other places (such as learning about real estate and increasing your income through proven means), such as at your 9-5pm or growing your business, and your real estate is a long term process and you don't need "home run" deals to qualify or make it work.

California has seen huge uptick in home insurance, I'd imagine Santa Cruz has a high fire insurance

You can be as creative as you can imagine.