Lending in CA is not great unless you have a massive bankroll. 

Imagine this: dirt roads with massive potholes, jungle on one side and im paying almost $100/night and barely any hot water, the water in general is dangerous.. but foreigner yuppies like me everywhere walking on the road.. breakfast place La Paleta or sthing is full of ppl and theres dogs trying to chip away at your food, other side of the road major contruction happening 2 large condotels/apartments are being built.

I did a massive price cut. weekly a monthly discount.

Often Imitated, Never Duplicated join us at MAREI.First meeting is FREE, just register for you guest pass, let me know that I invited you or Alex.And you can quite often find a group connecting in the bar after from 9 to 11, they have massive burgers, you have to check them out too!.

Massive marketing campaigns go out to these folks to get your phone ringing.The fun doesn't stop there. 

It might be a weird time to pick up multifamily rentals since there is a massive apartment complex being built at the moment, but single family should be pretty safe.Also worth mentioning San Antonio is experiencing massive appreciation right now and a portion of that is certain to spill over into the Corpus area based on proximity and a lot of San Antonio residents vacationing there.

In some areas, you will never cash flow (well if you pay cash or do a massive down payment).

So yes, ripping massive tax benefits of a 1031 exchange down the road is certainly a very attractive possibility.

The fed is going to keep a tight position as long as they can...until stuff breaks so they can vacuum up the massive amount of excess stimulus and decrease the size of their balance sheet. 

Think the era where 20 years ago we have to pay $10 to buy a stock and now it is zero, what we see decade later is massive consolidation or M&A in brokerage business.