Sorry i meant MLS, GA uses FMLS as one of the multiple listing services.. but anyways wholesale sounds like gambling... !!

Honestly, it is difficult for some international immigrants to move out of the Bay Area due to the conveniences that the location offers to them including international grocery stores and friends and family networks for cultural similarities. 

""Conveniently there is a way to track rudimentary traffic patterns across some of China's key metro areas, and they show that - in a confirmation of the worst-case scenario - activity, as measured by travel, across most of China appears to have ground to a halt."

Are there more convenient ways of making self management more hands off than this technique?

The thought is I could keep the same good tenant instead of gambling on an unknown tenant, the tenant gets continuity to their business instead of finding a new place for likely similar rent, and I get to increase my NOI for sale or refinance purposes.

Personally I lived in Seattle now Hawaii and I saw the light... need cashflow to eat (although i do admit that appreciation will make you rich)It could appreciate but I consider that gambling.

But it’s a gamble and I’m willing to take on a little risk.

Do they choose this out of necessity or convenience?

We are building a bigger house for the practical convenience of having a large family.

Service based retail that is hard to replicate online, such as convenience stores, restaurants, QSR, grocery, wireless stores, dry cleaners, medical offices, hair and nail salons, etc can generate strong risk-adjusted yield compared to apartments.