I like @Minh L.

@Johnson H. and @Minh LeI don't know what it is about you bay area investors, but some of the most financially intelligent and interesting posts I read in Bigger Pockets come from you guys.

In addition to this being simply impossible on the budget you are thinking about because of truly massive costs in California (Minh Le is absolutely accurate, if not underestimating the case; I've heard of permitting alone taking 2-5 years in some cases, especially in SF), the bottom line is that you cannot build-it-yourself anywhere in the state with plans to sell the property within at least a year because it is flat out illegal. 

Originally posted by @Minh L.: Manch, $10M in 30 years is not a lot of money.

@Minh L. is totally right that to say that you @Alex E. should embrace your competition and that obviously too much competition is not good.

Originally posted by @Minh Nguyen:Any reason why you don't split your funds across both markets?

@Zhengran Zhou  securities issues will be your main concern when putting investors together into deals  Account Closed  you may want to check in with Minh on this stuff

Ok Mike, I mean Ken Minh. 

Plus facial hair does make one look older, so FYI...Actually I am jealous, because @ 55, I still can't get more than a Ho Chi Minh beard, and BTW, my wife is from Viet Nam...

So, do you guys know each other Minh and Sandeep?