I wouldn't mind riding by to see what the place looks like.  

Unless you have plenty of cash reserves, better to make sure now you can ride out next bad cycle by using very low leverage.My 2 cents.

There lease is up end of March, so I am just riding it out.  

With the new weather patterns (think hail storm every year, high winds every other month, etc), we are no longer low risk with whatever is changing. 

welcome fellow newbie i'm also new here @BP as well as to la county and an agent hailing originally from nyc, perhaps we will cross paths in real estate deals at some point..

Hope you are listening to the podcast - Josh and Brandon are fantastic - as well the amazing guests.I live in the Bay area also but invest almost entirely out of state in Texas and Midwest.I think it's a much safer bet to do real estate outside of California due to positive cash flow and avoid the crazy roller coaster ride of California real estate market.

If you finance with at least a 7 or 10 year chances are you'll ride out the possibility of a crash just fine and be in a position to refi when the market turns around.  

Insurance companies also tend to be more understanding of claims related to weather events (hail for ex.) than losses that are preventable. 6.

@David Echeverria  Hope you'er ready for a great ride to the top by using all the free tools and more.

You might just have to ride it out in court and defend your case for ownership no matter how frivolous the lawsuit ends up being and then counter suing for your attorney fees you spent to represent you during this court case.