I'm a little biased but I think San Diego is America's finest city (minus the fact that we no longer have a professional football team but I digress). 

Depends on how bad you want the house :) This sounds all good if you are reading it in a fiction novel but in the real world, that's just fantasy.

Craig attributes his success in business to education, discipline and systems.In his free time, Craig enjoys lifting weights and Bikram Yoga (and any other activity he thinks he is young enough to engage in) He’s known for spending too much time watching his favorite football teams.

I'm curious as to if what I'm saying is a fantasy or something that is plausible...I might be explaining another investing method in disguise. 

(I assume you aren't entertaining the fantasy that you're getting a normal mortgage on this place?)

Marcus and Millichap and CBRE come to mind.Once you have learned how the game works leave and find good product for real estate investors instead of coking deals up with fantasy numbers for the big firms.

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I like to think that BP is a place where visitors and members can learn about the reality of real estate; that's why many of the gurus don't like it here... many of their get rich quick claims are also crushed here.This site is not designed to help people live in a fantasy world.

I am a science teacher and a football coach.  

A little about me : • I own a condo (5 yrs ) and I might be selling this summer (still deciding )• I'm engaged and getting married next year• no kids yet• love sports (Bball, football , baseball )• loooooove my job My Real estate goal is to become a buy and hold investor (SFR and/or small multifamily) for positive cash flow, to have the ability to have a better retirement , and leave something for my future kids to have when I kick the bucket.Where I live in NY its seems like it's too expensive to afford any buy and hold properties or house hack without having a 2hr commute to work and from but I could be wrong.I've read a couple of posts that the surrounding areas of NYC its also not really good for cash flow or ROI so I'm open to looking into other places to invest that are not too far from where I live that's more affordable (150k and less, SFR) , Any suggestions anyone ?