Montgomery county is kind of insane.

IMHO its not too difficult to source a realtor and put it under PM on your own.Otherwise you can source in san bernadino and riverside counties and bet on the appreciation play locallyPrices in OOS markets are the same as they were in 2006 so be careful...

Our family own rentals in San Francisco where paying over asking is common.As it turned out, I got bids of $720k, $740k, and $760K.

A little about me, I am in San Jose, CA and I work in the tech industry.

It didn't bother us as we have an electrician in the family and planned on rewiring the entire house anyway (I think current outlet codes are insane, but that said, this house is really on the low side and I've only lived in vintage houses)@Ron S.

Prices in Washington State as a whole have become insane and opportunities to buy for cash flow have all but disappeared.

Should wait to purchase given the current state of the market (insane appreciation; incomes not keeping up with it), as well as the fact that cash flow would be negative if I had to rent it out for some reason (i.e. if economy went down and I had to move to another state for a job)?

I'm a health care independent contractor, with an open ended contract in San Joaquin county, CA.

I doubt it would work in San Francisco.

Anyone here specialized in San Francisco rental market?