The narrative I keep hearing superficially from the super and the management is that poor thing put all this work into the apartment and I gave her permission.  

@Huimin Zhang I agree with other posters, you are making a big bet on price appreciation in Mountain View.

@Joel FrancisI don’t know why this was worded so poorly.

However with the interest on it at only 3.6 % parking your cash there, as with the rentals, is a very poor return.

My wife helped a plumber/HVAC friend do his 2018 tax return.His W-2 was $100k not to mention the self employed income from his side jobs& I bet he doesn't have a student loan.

As far as appreciation goes, depends on where you buy and what happens in the future, but LA would be a safer bet for meIf you find a place in LA that fits your budget, you love it, and the math works, go get it. maybe you'll find a SFH with an ADU - or opportunity to add one.

I bet if you said you had something to offer them to their personal benefit they’d reply back promptly

Taxes, water/sewer, poor insulation (high heating costs), and low ARVs are the major challenges.

It was in such poor shape (which the seller understood) that if they moved we would have to demo/trash the mobile home and place a new one there along with other cleanup on the property.

I bet if I look through some agent reviews I can find a better agent for investments