Belleville native here!

We seem to forget the 4500 homes that burnt down in the Oakland / Bezerkly hills this had to do with a ton of Eucalyptus trees which are like roman candles and those are what cause massive fires in Australia there native environment. 

Flipping is very hard.... I

Having lived there a year it is a foreign country and many things are different and culture etc plus you have the native peoples that own huge amounts of real estate and They dont pay income tax and they get food and gas for way cheaper etc etc..

What drives me to work hard, is knowing that the more I do, the greater the impact on society I can create.

You will also need to check your local laws for any strict laws that may make running an Airbnb hard. I

I'm a San Francisco Native and went the out of state route in 2021.

I'm a Newark NJ native, Investor, and Realtor in NJ. 

The kids will be native speakers relatively quickly.

Where as the SFRs are emotional roof over their head purchases they are NOT being bought for cash flow or strictly for investment  although many know that appreciation has been very good to many of us native CA myself included.