The single-story home, purchased by Lee as a gift for his daughter, boasts seven bathrooms, a pool, a movie theater, and a spacious entertainment deck.

I’m leaning towards long term rentals, mainly single family but open to possibly medium term or multi family.  

I am a single mom 3.

In comparison, when buying real estate you have a guaranteed asset because, unlike the stock market, during inflation, real estate prices tend to increase too so it is clear why some people prefer owning real estate over any other type of investment.While investing in a single, high-risk stock may pay off big rewards, diversifying your portfolio is key to protecting your wealth.

Highly advise taking the ADU and the first floor unit and creating a master "single lease'.

In my experience, underwriting single family home rentals in California typically results in sub-4% unleveraged returns, which is awful given the alternatives. 

In the end, the value of a single working STR is the place itself and not the rest IMHO.

My unsolicited advice: do a different side hustle, start making real money at it, and buy an actual single-family home as an investment. 

. $2.5-3M is about where agents starting requiring POF/Prequal for showings in my market (single family homes, for tenant-occupied MF it can be any price point).

We've heard this question a decent amount recently, and I'm assuming that it's Nationwide due to the stats below: 2024 is the most apartment units completed in a single year since 1987.We're definitely no longer in the days of throwing up 3 blurry photos, pushing rents, and having 5-10 applications within a 3 day period (COVID era).