I have a STR in Pensacola beach and the insurance rates sky rocketed this year, not even close to $1,800  If you got a quote for 1,800/yr please let me know who you went through.Thanks

Doesn't take a rocket surgeon to figure that out.

etc I was wondering who buys today in California, taking in account that some US real estate websites provide price history and it is apparent that prices just rocketed (the SF bubble extended to Oakland!).

As current market rates and interest rates are sky rocketing, what do you suggest?? 

This is not rocket science.

Its not rocket science, ITS JUST ABOUT NUMBERS, nothing else matters, contrary to popular belief.  

Real estate investing is not rocket science.

Its not rocket science, though many make it seem that way.

you will get a wide variety of answers depending on the age of the person you talking to.In my day starting out in the late 70s.. there was no 5% down.. what you did was 80  10 10 10% down in cash 10% from HML and 80% bank note.. banks would not lend more than 80% in those days(which is probably pretty smart on their part).so for me new construction in Milpitas CA for 90k ( lot of money in the late 70s)  10k down 10k second at 15% due in 3 yearsand 9% first it was just a few years later in the Carter years that rates sky rocketed to 15 to 20%. lived there 18 months sold for 50k profit bought up market in the SF bay area and well I let appreciation do its magic 

I fell into the lure of rocket mortgages "15 minute approval" I'm on week two and they're still asking me questions like what my birthday is.