Encinas @Jodi Adams I'm familiar with some players in the space and would be glad to discuss and share info.

A lot is happening in building up Harvest and Athens although I think it will take longer in Athens because there is still a lot of space before then.

To provide some background here, my wife and i recently purchased a triplex that has an existing 500 sq.ft attached storage unit (conditioned space) and a detached 5-car garage.

It's home layout that makes the DSCR. 1940-1950 SF in Castro Valley/Hayward/San Jose/San Leandro is very unique sometimes and previous owner already did lot of good job converting space to room.

I haven't been able to choose a favorite in this space.

Hi @Sean P. congrats on your Multifamily journey, now is a great opportuinty to jump into the space with all the market shift and some turmoil happening, value deals are being done right now for sure and more to come. 

My background is in analytics and have worn a couple of different hats in the space - sales compensation, business performance / reporting, COGS management, and opportunity / risk evaluation and implementation.Real estate investing is the first topic in a long time - maybe ever - in which I've been truly interested in learning more.

If you do go the Ikea route for any furniture, always start on CraigsList or FB Marketplace for used items.If you're renting the space on platforms that don't rely on reviews like Airbnb/VRBO, you could probably keep the furnishings to a relative minimum and help keep your start-up costs down. 

Where as some old park in the deep south , Well is not if you know what I mean.I have a client I did bizz with years ago.. and they owned 5k spaces in Orange county Ca ( all of them debt free) they were brothers and started buying in the early 50s..

It is very common in this space