So maybe waiting till after election to make any moves would make sense as well. 

Looking at Redfin's data, it is appreciating over time (probably more than $15,600/year), but probably not as fast as other highly desirable neighborhoods in the Bay.I previously lived in this home before I moved and converted it into a rental property.

I grew up just north of San Francisco and moved to Reno, NV to live and invest.

It also is helpful to have a California LLC in case you ever sell that property and move into another state so that you do not need to form a new LLC altogether with new operating agreement, just re-register in the new state as a new foreign LLC.

When we don't find success in a strategy we tend to move to another one. 

With the discovery of Nashville many investors moved into STRs and so the growing number of units called for the regulation of the industry as a whole.

And we can move to that house to retire, it’s a good size for it, not high yearly cost as in Florida.  

I lived there myself for 4 years, then moved out and converted it to a super-profitable short-term rental (it's ideally situated near great restaurants/nightlife, the National Zoo, Rock Creek Park, and hotels that host professional conferences).

good tip, why I never think of this before.

When we bought the home, we used a VA loan and then we had to PCS (move in the military).