We have been looking for properties near surf to start another colony of rentals, been to CR, Panama, Nicaragua, VI, Bahamas and more.

I think your dead on about how the wealthy look at things vis a vi returns.one of my bizz partners over the years loved to suck stockbrokers into this conversation.Stock broker :   How are your investments.Bizz Partner:  I am in double tax free muni'sStock Broker:  Well return on those are low you could do much better.Bizz Patner:  Well the return is fine if your like me and you have enough of them.IE he has 8 figures and his tax free cash flow is more than that what most investors starting out and looking at that magic goal of 10k a month passive income ( or rental income which is anything but passive as we know) His double tax free's return him more than that DAILYSo yes as folks get truly wealthy they look for Safety then return... those starting out or in the middle of their careers are the one's looking for the homeruns.And one might ask where this Bizz partner made his money..

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@Mark Ferguson  One thing to think about vis a vi the bay area prices.1. lots of different nationalities that have much more purchasing power than the average market in the US... with money coming from off shore.

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Believe me I have been on both sides of this many many times.. and have built a niche for myself in these smaller loans... but I have to do 10 to 20 a month to make any kind of money vis a vi the risk.plus HML generally don't give 100% of costs you need some cash into it.. so that's why they wanted substitute collateral..

@Tom V., I buy 100 to 400 unit deals and utilize the services of a 3rd party management company.I have owned SFH rentals and I quickly realized that self managing just isn't my thing.

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