Hey Erik, yeah, those big ocean front properties do well, usually because the astronomical ADR.  

The repairs needed to be completed were not astronomical compared to some of the other houses I had looked at and had everything else I was in need of.My problem has not been the house but rather everything else.

Home prices in Utah are astronomical.

Condo's are also the bottom tier (IMO) tenants - unless you're talking about an upscale condo which will have an astronomical HOA (I just sold one for a non-investor where HOA was $750/mo). 

If I blindly determine it’s hard to rent because of someone’s color alone I and an astronomical degree of investors would have lost out on tons of profit.

In the wrong hands a credit card can financially ruin someone for the next decade by overspending and then getting stuck with astronomical interest rates.However in the right hands, a credit card is a wonderful invention. 

Being able to negotiate the purchase price causes an astronomical jump in ROI on the back end.

Everybody is super booked up and charging astronomical rates...because they can :-/ The major thing you have going for you is a big (by comparison) Bay Area income.

**Keep in mind that in order for the homeowner to get there mortgage payment down to a reasonable amount, the length of the loan would be astronomically longer than most, probably 40-50 year mortgage.

Not to mention there was astronomical amount of hidden points on the loan.