I know it may sound like I'm spreading butter thin everywhere, but I'm learning my way into narrowing down the options, or strategizing/timing them in the right sequence.

. - with this, we can potentially increase rents by up to 145% depending on a comparison with baseline 1977 level rent amount.I have 2 questions:1) If there exists these 2 other, legal ways to increase rent in a rent controlled area, why does it seems like the only option most investors consider is cash for keys?

This sounds good, but as I will illustrate later in this blog, it pales in comparison to real estate.Details: The stock market is known for its volatility.

If it's a 1-4 Unit, Appraisers will use the sales comparison approach to determine the value of the property. 

To me, there's no comparison when it comes to complexity and required involvement between the two.

It's an apples and oranges comparison.

I told him, "Look, I don't think you can make payments out of sequence like this.

That is by far the biggest impact when buying CA real estate, so have you factored that cost into your NOI comparison?

It certainly wouldn't make up a 50% premium difference but it's not a fair comparison in that regard. 

I do not have any experience with this size syndication (this is smaller than any I have ever inspected with) which is why I was comparing it to larger syndication offerings realizing it may not be an apple to apple comparison.