I felt defeated kind of after I spoke to that broker

I was planning on asking for them to leave their address too but I guess that defeats the whole purpose of making it look like you only mailed to them.

Owner finance defeats both those desires.

Throw rugs work also but defeats the til aspect other than its their rugs,,,and subject to there cleaning.I have heard people love it,,but they may have been homeowners.

I feel like a PO Box defeats the whole purpose of having a "normal looking" envelope with a letter in it. 

But for me, the defeat of prop 21 was a HUGE win for SF property owners, as I’m sure vacancy control would have come to SF, and that’s a real game changer and a terrible policy for the city at large in the long run.The other interesting long term prospect is that there is some chance that the US Supreme Court will hear a case on rent control from NY, which SF is also trying to partake in.

We should have this defeated. 

Granted my experience is nowhere near yours but doesn't using cash to buy rentals defeat one of the best things rentals have going for them?

That sounds like that would be defeating the purpose.What I have also seen happen is that only some of the lien is made unsecured while the rest is still secured.

It may only make sense if you do a monster downpayment, and hope the basis differential in 10 years actually defeats the interest rate arb.And back to the other point, "If your goal is to pay off the mortgage early, you would refinance to lower the rate and pay down the principal faster."