As a landlord in San Francisco, my feeling is you'd better take a long hard look at the regulatory environment.

Portland Oregon is really about max density.. would be great if they had this.. but no they make it far tougher on the regulatory side of things..   

If the former, the PAR lease has everything in it for the realtor involved to be protected; whether that is sufficient for a landlord ....I am using a lease I purchased from Don Beck; it's been a few years since he updated it, so we have to keep up with regulatory changes in some way.

This refers to the new regulatory world in which banks now live.

There are commercial hard money lenders out there but the points and fees are ridiculous and will eat up potential profit.Some investors try to get the bank to hold or provide some financing on the foreclosure.Depending on regulatory guidelines and what type of loan defaulted they can provide financing and will or they can't provide financing period.The other item the bank will want to know is your track record of rehabbing this asset class property type successfully before they agree to hold finance.Otherwise they will just wait on another cash party to get the loan totally off of their books.On regular loans the banks want 20 to 25% down on properties that have been performing for years at 90% occupancy or higher and sometimes will let you put 10 to 15 down and let the seller carry back the rest.Many investors do not like the regular loans as there is no upside and the cost of liquid capital to put into the loan is too much.Many feel apartment rents will stay flat to slightly appreciating in the next few years which is why they are going after value add instead.For institutional investors they are looking for caps in the 7 range and or mismanaged properties or where they were new builds expecting a certain rent and the markets corrected.They buy from the bank based on the new market rents model.I absolutely love commercial real estate and nothing gets me more excited.Any questions just ask.We all can help and learn something new everyday.

With competitors like AirBnB and HomeStay showing no signs of slowing down (despite a challenging regulatory road ahead), what are the gaps and market opportunities in the hotel market? 

@ONeil Turner I would caution you that buying buildings to convert to short term rentals comes with some measure of regulatory risk.

Try this: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/regulatory-implemen...As Aaron mentioned, nothing to worry about......closing agents might be pulling their hair out, but not buyers or sellers. :)

They’re also subject to strict regulatory oversight at a State or Federal level.Administrators are the next type of company.

Sometimes there is a lack of understanding the scope of our regulatory and legal environment.