Practice your elevator pitch before hand. 

San Bruno is good, there're few that's being targeted as prime area for flipper (buy 800k sell 1.4m).Around Berkeley is good too especially near the hill.Please do note when asset price is 1 mil, the trajectory of asset appreciation is different than the one below 1 mil.So these area when we said "Berkeley", has large area ranges, usually the higher elevation home is always priced way higher than the downtown.

Typically when it comes to housing you'll want to stick to 3-story garden style without elevators and 18-24 units per building.

The increasing HOA fees over 2.5 years from $445 a month to $605 and there was a special $1600 assessment to repair an old elevator, not replace it.

I think allowing pets is a way to elevate a property that is just mediocre or performing subpar.

Mortgage interest rates will remain elevated for a longer time period and I am estimating we won’t be back to an attractive rate - below 6%, where folks storm back to the market and feel comfortable leaving their home w/ a low interest rate mortgage - until the 2nd or 3rd quarter 2025.

FED member Bullard stated yesterday that rates will remain elevated throughout 2023.

In the end, you want to keep the money partner happy because having someone that can fund deals on short notice with cash can really elevate your business. 

You want to focus on meetups that are for connections and avoid the ones with speeches and presentations because when you have those, there is usually a pitch.

Still no economy to support the increase in home prices, so needless to say we got hit pretty hard in the Crash...Other drawback to the area since there is a shortage of Economy up here, would be the Commute time up and down the Cajon Pass, 4000' elevation climb in just a few miles, " the Pass" has been know to ruin a brand new car before you are even done paying it off, so figure in a new car payment if you are thinking about commuting to work from here...