Lucky for me I don't care for the ocean at all :)  don't mind going to Hawaii. but give me a nice mountain lake or stream over the ocean any day  And you can find cheap ocean front up in Washington  Long beach to be exact and Aberdeen area. its just CA.. that is crazy its awash with money.. 

Buying 4 duplexes and everyone paying $600 a month and wanting to raise the rent to $650 month. It only $50 more a month but Is it better to do this as soon as they are signing new lease with my company or wait for a ...

Update: I won by default, I lined up the movers for Wed to evict.

You won't always get your money back and some renos are mover valuable than others.

But it can be an awesome way to move real estate from active to passive mode when done correctly. 

Also, on the topic of roofs... if anyone knows a good commercial roofer (in Moore County, Aberdeen, Southern Pines, Pinehurst) that works with repairing metal warehouse building roofs, I'm also searching for that.

Marketing to owners who have the equity to pull off an ADU on their own may not be smart.Focus on a "first-mover" advantage that the owner can unlock "sudden, unrealized equity" that over time will melt away as more ADU is built.

That was a major blow for a lot of folks who used that strategy to house-hack and move rents to market rate.The only way I can see house-hacking work now is to possibly find a vacant property, or house hack for 2 years until you can raise rent through the RAP (though you would still need to petition the increase).  

On the MLS, good deals in the $150-200k range move really fast here.

Though, my guess is that the areas of concentration for millennial movers are Riverside, Murray Hill, the Beaches, etc.