I have been going to open houses on the weekend and there is a real estate meeting this weekend in Buena Park.

I’m currently torn between two different strategies for house hacking in the Miami areaOption A) getting a small multi family in areas of Miami closer to where I work that are transitioning neighborhoods (allapattah, Little Havana, overtan, Buena Vista) for somewhere around 250-400kOption B) getting a larger house by Miami Beach for 500-600KI qualify for a VA loan with both two but I’m currently weighing the costs and benefits.

Devan has a great idea if you are thinking new construction, we've done that before with success early on in the buena vista days.

I am located in Buena Park CA, right across from Buena Park mall and down the street from Knotts Berry Farm along with all the other retail stores literally 5 minutes walking distance.

(San Buenas)

My family law attorney is Karen Stevenson in La Mirada,near Buena Park.She has a comfortable office in her family home as is wonderful to work with in a comforting environment.Not allowed to post her phone number here.Google her name for her office number.

They are sponstored by TenantsTogether.org but are manned by student volunteers mainly.https://mises.org/blog/rent-control-makes-good-pol...Here's another article I was forwarded about Good Politics vs Bad Economics of Rent ControlAB 1506 http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/03/28/alameda-let...Rent Control Politicians attempting to expand California STATE WIDE @Takako the Buena Park area@Susan Thanks for the info.

Apparently, the small remaining 2% did not have the means or have the career success to partake in the 'white-flight' to neighboring Buena Park, Irvine, etc and are barely hanging on by a thread and just relying on the low cost of living from Prop 13. 

The top areas where these software developers have purchased, Mission Bay, South Beach, SOMA, Yerba Buena are all areas with significant new condo developments in the past 5 years.

Look into Fairplay like others have said, Buena Vista and Salida areas, as well as further southwest like Durango, Gunnison, Ouray, etc.