The people that work there are awesome. 

I get that sharing a house isn't ideal but some people love the house hacking approach.Personally, if I own one piece of real estate, I want it to be the one I live in.

What markets are people targeting in Northern California? 

Think of it as not just selling a house, but selling potential.First, let’s talk marketing—you need to get the right people looking at this property.

People who have maturities coming up shortly and do not have the 20-25% equity to refinance or if they do in one project they are using one deal to support others. you have to treat each deal separetely and make sure they each support themselves long term.

In-person networking and meetups are great for meeting people and connecting with others in the industry.

With the run up on RE prices and boom of STRs over last 5ish years people have been led to believe it is easy and leveraging has minimal risk.

Best of luck there, it's a great town with good people.

As Josh mentioned, an LLC owned by a living trust is the typical structure that I'd recommend to most people. 

This is the same sort of criteria a lender uses to qualify people for mortgages.