Now we chase dreams in a world redefined, Where rules once golden are left far behind. 

So the biggest issue I have heard from them is of getting criticism from investors for sitting on capital and not deploying yet, not on portfolio performance, they sold off the "troubled children" to novice investors at nose-bleed prices this past 24mnths, there sitting golden right now, literally. 

Oh, by they way, owning investment real estate is a business.Here's my not meant to be a political statement, statement:  We are entering a new Golden Age of Opportunity for Business. 

Hi @James Heller I am fully renovating 2 of my units on a 4plex I have in Golden Hill...feel free to reach out and send me a private message if you need assistance and contacts....You can get cabinets and prefab quartz countertops pretty inexpensive and refacing is usually more expensive, I've found.  

In my market, the golden goose era is over.

I'm going to ask my buddy @Russell Brazil to chime in here as he's golden on situations like this. 

Hello,A job relocation to San Francisco CA early this year is making me ponder if I should be selling my owner occupied duplex in Jersey City and buy something in Berkeley CA due to its proximity to San Francisco and has some fairly decent schools  for my kids and also UC Berkeley .The low  2.5% interest rate on the Jersey City property turned into a golden chain but I think I am done with managing tenants and property and would like to get more into an Equity play.

The way more challenging part is #1 finding the deal of course, #2 finding great contractors that would take on this type of project with payments to them working through installments, #3 finding great terms on your refi.My advice would be to look aggressively for #2 and #3, so if you do come across the golden ticket of #1, you are ready to pounce. 

And I see all these people doing it with this scheme and that scheme, and real estate investing content seems a golden ticket. 

That basket has produced huge bounties over the last dozen years, but there are signs that the golden goose may be taking a siesta.