The low rates were an anomaly and totally unnecessary, as today's reality shows that the economy can boom without them and created that inflation scare that nobody wants to see again.2.

I imagine anyone can collect debt from anyone.but you'll need judgment to get tools for debt collector to use like wage garnishment.

On the upside, the potential for significant cash flow, leveraging your $800k equity, appreciation in Oakland's booming market, and the benefits of a 1031 exchange make it a bold move.

It has been booming for the past couple of years with strong job growth and population increase.

Tax Collectors don't like this and they will make it very difficult to impossible to make this work.

And the economy there depends mostly on tourism which can create a boom/bust cycle.

I would expect most folks on this thread would look down on bill collectors and folks who trade in old out of statute debt.

Booming market here 

A major Coast Guard base is being stood up in N chs on the river, the port facility is booming and expanding rapidly, and N Chs offers some of the only reasonably priced developable RE with short commuting distance of the peninsula, Mount P, and the beaches.

Wenatchee is about to BOOM!