Since we live in San Diego, all of the investment properties are out of state (#1 in Las Vegas, #2-10 in Jacksonville, FL). 

Also wondering if other Texas cites like Dallas-Fort Worth or San Antonio that aren't so strongly tied to the oil and gas market might be a safer bet?

One can cherry pick San Fran RE if they like, it is not going to change outcomes much. 

Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Lehigh, San Carlos Park have plenty of rehab/LTR opportunities.

If you're a San Diego real estate agent, please comment here or pm me.  

BLS San AngeloCompare that snapshot with the economy where we are currently stationed:  Melbourne There is much more economic diversity in the second than in the first. 

, she is very emotional. we agreed that if we cant find a location that we thought was "forever home", then we would do something similar to what we did last time, buy something, add some value, live in it for 12-18 months, and move on. we live in san diego, ca. our jobs and debt-to-income only allow us to go so far. everything we are seeing doesnt scream "forever" to us. we went to see a fixer upper yesterday and seemed to be on the same page. if we bought it, made it livable, it would cash flow day one if we left (even though we plan to live in it). however, there is a duplex i have been looking at (in a C neighborhood), but would cashflow almost three times as much as the single family.

Ok I want to get some opinions on how bad this deal is.This is about a 1 hour drive to San Francisco-So rents are below market but that doesn't mean we can raise them anytime soon.

In San Francisco we found that while the median expectation for annual home price increases over the next 10 years was only 5%, a quarter of the respondents said they thought prices would increase each year by 10% or more.

In San Diego County, CA.