Insurance, utilities, management fees, the cost to turn, how long it takes to turn, the cost to advertise, which ads work, foot traffic, closing ratios, trailing 12 months of operation, and then you need to know and have relationships with the top 3 controlling brokers in the market to find the best apartment stock within.Look, I am not trying to scare you here, but there are so many courses out there suggesting real estate is easy when, in truth, there is a lot to know.

Other than non recourse loans, looking for ways to get additional leverage from my SD IRA which I have checkbook control over through an LLC.

Though I suppose that still...that money isn't touchable until at least 59.5... but at least you'd have some control.

(I guess you also need to take into account the smaller discount you'd be giving them next year if you raise the rent slowly over multiple years).Also, thanks for the reminder that investments in most of the country don't have to consider rent control at all!

You obviously cannot control the driver next to you, so those 2 are your only choices.

If you are in a well below market rent controlled apartment in San Francisco yeah it makes sense to invest elsewhere and continue to rent. 

A 3 BD room Single Family Home with no to minimal HOA fees (For now, I'm kinda ruling our Townhouses/Condos because they always seems to have a high  monthly HOA and there's no control over any special assessment fees they might throw at you).2.

@Daniel HaberkostDo you know how precisely properties are zoned?

@Michael Chang My wife and I only have 1 AirBnb, so we can "control" our reviews. 

My town does not have rent control, and the house is on a residential street where most people own their SF homes, and the street is zone for single family homes.Can the municipalities not allow me to rent each floor separately?