If rents are climbing, 5-10%.

You can still purchase a home (even new builds) for high 200s/low 300s, and the market is still climbing.

I’ve never seen rents climb so quickly so appreciate any insight people many have.Thank you

As a percentage comparison, pending sales continue to climb faster than new listings coming to market.

I am also newer to real estate investing and climbing over that learning curve.

As you start to climb up the ladder, and the same people know your business at 16 doors as knew it at 4 doors, you get talked about more and more.

The job is laborious - climbing around, measuring, taking photos of comps where a lady comes out with a gun; but also numbers, stats, knowing all the houses in a city from previewing or prior work @Robert Leitner you are kind not to blame your broker, and a real AVM desktop should nearly have been cheap digital information.

If you wait to save your way to a down payment you could be chasing interest rates as they climb.... in my opinion only reason not to buy you Multifamily house now is because you can't find a good deal or you think real estate will be cheaper in the next year or so because of a" crash ".I believe you have nothing to lose by buying and living in your multifamily property for little to no money down and if it cash flows will help you drastically beef up your reserves.

Know that you have a huge hill to climb. 

The housing price in Bay Area is climbing up every month.