Another option is using different creative financing strategies - it's all about how you'll structure your deals. 

Happy to chat through this with you and I think you have a great strategy.

Myers with a long term buy and hold strategy, are you considering getting out of this market? 

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A popular strategy I've seen work is to scale with properties in the C locations and then slowly upgrade your portfolio into the nicer asset classes as you progress and become more cash flow heavy. 

@Adriana V Alvarado a "good deal" in the BA really depends more on your timeline and long term strategy.

I understand that AirDNA shouldn't be the sole source of data.

Is the house hack strategy off the table? 

It just depends on which strategy makes better sense to you (similar to buy/sell vs.  

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