I always suggest buying fewer but better properties.

Buying a nice place for 250k that's worth 250k is less sexy than having equity from day one. 

Looking to do my first house hack, along with getting into more buy and holds.

Have 89 acres we are in the process of buying.  

Here is what one of the new people I coach from Socal did with a property in Phoenix
I helped him find. He has taken his training seriously. It’s a Subto (Subject To) that I helped him buy “off market” and he chose t...

If you’re truly convinced the country is going “socialist” then you should probably buy gold and turn off the news.

I too live in Marin, and feel it is a solid long term market for apprecaition, and utilizing the power of principle reduction.When it comes to refinancing, figure out what the loan costs will be, then divide that buy the monthly savings with the new loan in order to determine how long you have to maintain that loan to break even. 

How many will end up buying, who knows...but these things are pretty fantastic in my opinion.

If that is true I would probably sell and buy in a place where there is less competition.   

Or at best you overpay and the "designer" buys the cheapest junk furnishings possible.