People walk, they smile and they wave.  

PS: When you see the trainer grabbing a $20 bill out of his pocket and waving it, stand up from your chair as fast as you can and go and take it.  

I find most newbie investors ride the wave instead of navigate the water.  

@Chris May  sounds like the Dot.com bubble burst of 2000.... minor shock wave then make new highs... people at the start ups are probably not fueling the resi market in SF bay area to any great extent.. they will when they go public  LOLMy daughter is a controller at Intel.. what Intel did was willow out the chaff. they let the bottom 10% of their work force go and a lot of retirement  good thing for the company.. they had a lot of dead weight..

Basically, I see it this way:You are coming into this deal just ahead of the wave (and I think there will be a wave based on both micro and micro dynamics).

First I want to say what a ridiculously great site/podcast/community. Its the only one of its kind where I feel like the people here and running the site are really interested in helping others along rather than tryin...

If you are comfortable with riding appreciation waves, you can buy in San Diego.My only advice is to only move if you really want to move and would do it even if you weren't trying to invest.

Proactive is definitely the best... especially when you're risking collateral damage.From an investment perspective though... if you can extend the life of anything, you'll have huge savings... for example, I had carpets that were trashed, but I found tenants with dogs that didn't care because I waved the pet deposit... and I got another year of life out of the carpets.  

I'm riding the wave right now and I would like to continue buying.

Structural:  Roll a ball across the floor, run your hands across the walls, look for waves in the ceiling or roof, anything that tells you there may be some issues with how the house was built.