I've done some high-level research on AirDNA and like Sonoma county (Russian River Valley area), Tahoe (although it's probably out of budget and local regs are not STR-friendly), or NorCal / Southern Oregon coast.

As far as Russians go, I think we should and could look at them (worried) as a perfect example on how to fail being bogged down in endless quagmire wars on a deserted place like Afghanistan.

Nicholas Russian

I prefer the Russians myself.

So yeah, local politicians here are looking like king size idiots.The actual neighborhoods SF is famous for are doing quite well with active daily street life (working from home helps) such as pac heights, mission, north beach, Hayes valley, Russian hill, inner sunset, noe valley, nob hill, etc. etc.

What about Italians or Russians or Haitians or Cubans or Africans or people from everywhere else that come in illegally?

Oh ****, now I'm on some Russian database tagged as an enemy of the state. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/dec/22/change-of-leadership-in-crimea-means-property-grab/

As the Russians have been saying since the beginning of time, Доверяй, но проверяй (trust, but verify).

Yo blood,Go to Zillow or trulia, and find similar houses to the house in question, and check out how long these similar houses have been sitting on the market before they sold.Check to see the condition of the house, then also call the listing agent and question her like a russian spy.Then what you can do too is visit open houses in the area of the house in question and follow the visitors around, talk to them ask then what they think what they like what they do not like.Do this long enough and before you know it you know exactly what would sell and what doesn't.For me...Now I simply take a look at any house and I know exactly how long  the houses would stay on the market after we bought it.Don't believe me?

I met a Russian count and two US Senators' daughters.