If cash flow is the main goal, there are many other markets to consider before San Diego.

Mainly the Brokerage is for me just to sell the properties that we fix and flip and save the commission.

I'm a fellow real estate investor and I own properties throughout New Hampshire and Maine Southern Coast, I'd love to connect and bounce ideas off each other. 

Currently renting the main house as a LTR and the ADU as a MTR.

. - The ultimate house hack, live in the small ADU unit and rent out the two levels of the main house on AirBnb in San Francisco (I would have thought STRs are oversaturated in S.F. but it worked for them and they stay fully booked).

I'm fine with doing some minor fixes and improvements to a property: Adding overhead lighting/fans, better flooring, maybe redoing a main bathroom.

I currently live in San Diego, Ca. but have been looking in the midwest, mainly Iowa, Indiana and Ohio, for properties. 

Main question in other countries is ownership and taxes.  

I'm considering investing in STR in Hawaii to diversify my investment portfolio (mainly for capital appreciation) as well as it being a regular vacation place for my family.

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