When your pushing the limit, pitched less likely to leak.

If sky is the limit I'd focus on downtown/midtown...really anything on the grid. 

Hey BP members,Can you exceed the VA loan limit when buying more that one unit (duplex, 3 plex, or 4 plex).

not an investor, not someone with kids ( size and area issues)..... so there is limited number of ppl that would be interested in these condos. 

So there are multiple benefits to contacting the listing agent directly, 1 I don't flood my agent with petty questions, 2 It is much quicker to ask the questions that are missing from the listing. 3 I can tailor specific questions per property. 4 There is no back and forth which limits misunderstandings.

With the strong possibility of hard money funding and need for a large down payment, initial budgeting is limited.

I'm interested in flipping,  and duplex rentals , but not limited too. 

In a high appreciation area, typically the market appreciation is greater than the depreciation of the rehab aging.In San Diego, the rehab returns are great and historically the ROI on financed buy n hold is near the best in the nation.In your plan, you will move from San Diego (at a financial cost as well as likely a lifestyle cost) to do BRRRR in an area that historically has not produced the ROI for buy n hold that San Diego has produced (verifiable fact) and is unlikely to have as great a return on the value add rehab as you could achieve in San Diego.I suggest before you move, you attend some San Diego RE meetups. 

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In the more rural areas, prices are obviously cheaper, but they have there own issues such as fluctuating demand because of oil/coal booms and busts, limited selection of tenants and property managers, etc.