I suspect your underwriting will show that RE in San Diego without leverage will not produce the return that you will desire.Note at 80% LTV, the appreciation return is 5X.  5.82% long termappreciation (the rate for this century) * 5 (leverage multiplier at 80% LTV) to the cash flow 4.8% and we get 29.1% return from appreciation. 

. - Established and actively managed AirBnB's will continue to be consistent income producers with a gradual growth in returns. 

.- The tenant buyer may decide to not exercise the option or may decide to terminate the lease early which may produce a profit less than the projected returns.- The money partner is not the only owner of the company which owns the property and thus has limited decision making over the property.

The claims of 1hr to collect rent, produce receipts, and deposit checks also seems like a reasonable claim if done physically and not electronically.

If you are using STR, REPS, or self rental with material participation to convert to active or nonpassive income, you do not have to do this if you have passive business invesment that produce passive income that will exceed the loss generated by depreciation.

It’s probably not that you’re “small potatoes” to your PM, but more a reflection of the nature of the market itself—low rents, properties with higher maintenance needs, and tenant issues.These factors make properties in these neighborhoods more difficult to manage and generally less profitable for property managers.

@Thomas Farrellmiscellaneous reactions-BRRRRs won't produce cash flow - they're an equity strategy, not a cash flow strategy-OOS BRRRR on your first deal will be incredibly difficult. 

This amounts to lost opportunity because if you had purchased RE, at the closing it can start producing return. 5) ADUs detract from the existing structure whether this is privacy, a garage, or just yard space. 6) this is related to number 1, but there are many more buyers looking to purchase homes for their family than there are RE investors looking to purchase small unit count properties.

You are more than welcome to reach out to me and I will be happy to assist you with discounted properties that will produce a high cash flow.

Prices a few years ago were based on expectations of (in addition to interest rates staying low): - Then current operating cost assumptions (like insurance cost expectations being flat)- A seeming disregard for record levels of new inventory / supply hitting the market- Extremely high inbound migration expectations which are likely to not be met, due to both natural disasters and the boomerang effect when people from California or the Northeast move to the American South and hate every minute of the humidity, the large and relentless swarm of insects, and the occasional hurricane.