You may be in a "desirable school district" but if the school itself isn't desirable it defeats the point.

Nothing defeats a retail shopping center more than a nightmare for parking.

If you set it up for "first come, first serve" you will create a cattle call that defeats your goal.

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." 

Normally buying a duplex is a great way to start, but if you are losing money on it the whole time because of high purchase prices, it kind of defeats the purpose.

As Cicero said "a man is his own worst enemy"Good luck defeating him before he defeats you.

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're not going to just let them defeat us.

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.

Liberals show you exactly what you should be supporting to defeat them by their pissing and moaning.