Look at their marketing strategy.

Hi Daniel,Investing in the Bay is a great play if you are looking for long term strategies.

If you have a mortgage, it'll get a bit tricky to enter the data (principal, interest, and escrow.)

Hello,I just purchased my first property using my heloc, it’s renovated and rented out (BRRRR strategy).

You are arguing basic economic reality backed by quantitative data, as well as overwhelming anecdotal evidence.

What are the best options within the city limits as a rental strategy?

I don't think it's less desirable to have an SFH to use as a rental, just a different strategy. 

On the surface it also sounds like you have a lot of local support for managing and maintaining the property but I suspect that will kill off most of the returns.The real information is somewhat hard to come by as the developer controls much of the market, the rental management, and a lot of the previous pricing data as they didn't report to MLS for much of their history.  

Hi Jose, those strategies are 100% possible.

There is a somewhat complex, but powerful tax strategy unique to RE investors that expands upon the Mad Fientists roth conversion ladder. 1.