I know one thoughts are “I can sell it for more” but that increases the risk as well because if I had a $250k loan on a $225k property and values continued to decline and the mortgage is in someone else’s name - I would be like “ok let me hand the deed back and walk away and go ahead and sue me…

Prefer area with population and job growth potential.

I'm looking for any / all advice for best practices around how and when to inform tenants about the rental increase/request to vacate.

A good agent will help you develop a strategy of the highest and best use to maximize the value to increase rents and the highest price on the exit.

just wanted to know, what strategies are you using to increase bookings?

The way to recoup that is not to sell, but to hold and to continue to build equity while also working with his PM to increase his NOI. 

Meanwhile, the U.S. needs 145,000-200,000 new jobs each month to keep up with population growth, spurred by increased immigration.ConclusionWhile job market momentum has slowed, it's not breaking.

High appreciation markets have low cap rates, good population and job growth.

It’s ever growing in population due to the investments going in around.

In CA MF is rent controlled but SF is not rent controlled.  12) the ADU will result in property tax increase more based on cost than actual value added   item #1 implies the property tax you will be charged is more than if it was based on value.My top advice is make sure you know the value added to the property by adding an ADU. good luck