Started into commercial in 2006 selling off his residential holdings (smarter than me) and started focusing on commercial property in Manhattan and core, value-added urban areas.  

Hello BP SOUTHBAY, I live and work in the SouthBay Area of California (Torrance, Gardena, El Segundo, Inglewood, Wilmington, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, HAWTHORNE, LAWNDALE, Hermosa Beach, Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills Estates).

Example is that I have a 3/1, 1000 sq. foot house down by Interbay and Manhattan and it just jumped $20,000 in value in the last six months.

@Ann Bellamy I'm curious to know the specific name pf your SDIRA.

Thinking that the only way to make money in real estate is building condos in Manhattan is flawed thinking as well.

Your soul is not the Manhattan Project.

I typically haven't charged for applications, but I just used an agent who charged $40 per adult.Then I found this article about a landlord in San Francisco who took 250 applications for one unit at $40 a pop.http://www.baycitizen.org/columns/scott-james/sfs-tight-rental-market-paying-just-look/Yeah, SF and Manhattan are unique rental markets that might support someone in the "application" business.

Weston pushed the Cosmopolitan ahead of another condo, the Manhattan.

You could say the same thing about NYC, but if I were discussing it I would be referring only to Manhattan, or maybe the 5 boroughs. 

I received an unsolicited offer to buy an apt that I own in upper manhattan (below 125th street).