Is it possible to buy a Bay Area house in this market and have it perform well as an investment?

If you bring no capital to a deal, you need to bring a record of accomplishment, extensive experience and knowledge.  

Just a plain old boring lease with a security deposit made, move-in date on the lease to be about 3-4 weeks after you intend to close on your new purchase.We can use rental income to offset PITI on your old house, fixing your DTI.After that lease is up, evaluate the performance of your old home as a rental property, and either keep or sell it at that point.

Again, this is just based on experience and having a very extensive background and knowledge of the entire Cleveland marketplace.

I'm willing to take calculated risks, but don't feel that its a smart decision to take on a project without performing a thorough analysis on the utilities. 

We have mobile homes and parks in Charleston with good success and have been curious how containers will perform.  

Seller financing usually comes into play because of three situations1- Property is not financable (construction defect, hazard, uninsurable, needs extensive rehab, etc.)                                                  

I live in Charlotte now but from asheville and have investments stretched out all across wnc.

You can only break the lease if they do not perform, i.e. late rent, noise, etc.You can always give them an incentive to pack it up.Good LuckGino

At that point, since I had done extensive market research, I knew we could really do great things with the property.