A lot of properties are double from what they were a few years ago and the price already includes healthy appreciation in prices and rents that you need just to break even.

I don't think it's health, I think they defer to the property management company too much which I've found them to be very accomplished liars.

Healthy, Ohio by the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law means that indiscriminate and warrantless government inspections of rental properties are unconstitutional nationwide, and that unlawfully-extracted “rental inspection fees” must be returned to the rental property owners who paid them.

Goal(s)My short term goal:10 income properties that return a healthy cash flow.

Nothing sadder than a sick old man with too much money, but not enough to buy a new, healthy body.

Once you have a healthy rainy day fund and a good credit score and credit line to draw on above that, then it is smart, if you have no higher paying investment opportunities to retire some debt early.  

but I can say for sure that I'm looking for a lot more meat on the bone than 17k for my first flip, as I want to give myself PLENTY of room to screw everything up...haha.I'm looking for a nice healthy 30k margin.. if I'm going to spend the time and take the risk, I want it to be worth it!

Read books, surround yourself with successful people, be healthy and active.

The market there has a pretty decent healthy demand for short term.

Yeah, rent control is a huge pain in the *** in Oakland, hence vacant properties selling for a healthy premium over those with tenants.