With a stylish updated kitchen, comfortable living area, tranquil master suite, 2nd living room with a bar, and a bonus room on the 3rd floor, it's perfect for unwinding or entertaining.

There is a 2nd living room that feature a bar area.

There is a 2nd living room that feature a bar area.

If the houses look run down, not kept up, it's most likely not Class A  and look at what's surrounding the neighborhood as far as types of businesses (check cashing, bars on their windows).Bay Area (it can be neighborhood by neighborhood and street by street) I don't know the Peninsula well but expensive Palo Alto would be Class A to me:Class A: Orinda, Lafayette, Moraga, Walnut Creek, San Ramon, Danville, Dublin, Pleasanton, maybe parts of Pleasant Hill and Concord, parts of  Pinole?

.- Kitchen faucet: A single hole bar and prep faucet (high U-shaped faucet with end that is also a sprayer).We pEXTERIOR:- Trashout / Clean-up yard- Landscape, seed lawn- ?

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So, when I went to real estate school, I was super excited to get all of this behind the scenes knowledge and skills that I had been missing all these years.

Pretty high bar to clear though...What is your tolerance for risk?

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