Hope you are listening to the podcast - Josh and Brandon are fantastic - as well the amazing guests.I live in the Bay area also but invest almost entirely out of state in Texas and Midwest.I think it's a much safer bet to do real estate outside of California due to positive cash flow and avoid the crazy roller coaster ride of California real estate market.

(I am no high roller and I don't loose money in the casino) But if you can get a free room you can make a vacation out of it.

Hello Folks,I've been running a small product development consultancy since 2008 but I have recently started a new investment real estate company to help round out that "roller coaster" revenue that's typical of consulting.

The opener also is supposed to "back off" when it detects any (significant enough) resistance to the downward movement; this could be anything like misalignment of the tracks and rollers, or a need for lubrication.

The roller coaster rides of the stock market and low fixed income environments have whacked a generation hard, dealing many a knockout punch.

We're in for a roller coaster ride, and dropping the fed fund rate will provide a temporary band-aid but will facilitate longer term problems, mainly inflation, that can only be fixed by raising rates back up and letting the recession run its course.

I don't think Real Estate is a good investment for the elderly as it is not very liquid and is a bit more of roller coaster than other investments especially if you don't know what you are doing.

As Wayne Gretzky would say:“I skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.”But as you said, in our game of Apartment Investing, knowing where a market is going is all an educated guess.

You might want to price out the extended warranties on appliances, they often pay for themselves with one repair visitWhen you just need a part you can replace yourself (like a new roller for a dishwasher rack) https://www.repairclinic.com/ is a good source 

My name is Terry, and I am just getting started on what I believe will be the roller coaster ride of my life.