The reporters concern was about rooming houses, but the Mayors answer encompasses those 2 families, the type that I own.All of these issues are local, handled by its respective building departments, planning departments, zoning boards, and believe it or not, home owner associations which I'll get to later.My own 2 family is a good illustration.

I sold my first one to Shep of southern charm for 350k 4 or so years ago now the same homes i am building are selling for no less than 550k per door.. so some pretty substantial gains.. were cash flow while i get it .. just is not going to get you that bang that nice appreciation can..

The best advice I can recommend is to find yourself a good fee based financial planner (full disclosure:  I am a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(TM) who will take the time to get to know you and your situation, your goals, and who will help you craft a plan that encompasses all of the different areas of financial planning.Good luck on your journey and I hope this helps.Ed 

My experience with virtually everything in life: if they cannot give you a reasonable range of prices that encompasses 90-95% of all situations without giving you "the pitch", it is usually either a scam or ridiculously overpriced for the "benefit" that it provides the purchaser.

Though I've been leaning towards multi-unit, given the market and lack of capital, I'm expanding my outlook to encompass SFR too. 

Downtown San Antonio has the amazing historical charm and vibe that you cannot get anywhere else.

Unfortunately, it's right next to NE Lombard, so everyone will suspect a lot of road noise, and it doesn't have historical charm like some other rentals. 

On my referrals to my realtor partners, we're comin' in low, stealth and armed to the teeth and it works like a freakin charm!!

Encompass, Allied and Safeco.  

There is a community fee (HOA) but it is nominal at an of ~$22/mo I ran the numbers on the above project and we would have made money as a rental or a sale - I estimated a rental price of $3,000-3,5000/mo - at least breaking even as a fix-n-holdI am a big fan of Encinitas, and if you have the budget I think this is still a great community to invest in - The property values throughout San Diego remain on the rise and as people within San Diego and beyond realize the charm in North County the desirability and value will remain on the rise -And if I think back to the last crash, Encinitas didn't depreciate much, it may have stabilized, but it did not fall with the crash.