They are more concerned about (no particular order) cash flow over the entire hold period, appreciation, value adds, equity gain at purchase, exit strategies, tax consequences, etc.Simple truth is San Diego historically has produced outstanding cash flow over hold periods when equity has not been extracted. 

In the long run, LA has been an outstanding market for buy n hold return on investment.  

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That is because interest is based on outstanding principal balance.

The answer he gave me was he’s trying to buy a piece of land from the city and he doesn’t want to have to much on paper outstanding!

Welcome to why there are 2 kinds of lies; damn lies and statistics. 

Damn.  

Hi Adrian we invest in Detroit and do it remotely from Canada we are getting exceptional numbers there and have an outstanding team on the ground more then willing to chat and share what we have learnt

I’ve been rubbing my crystal ball, but the damn thing doesn’t workI do believe you’re correct in that the number of SF owned by the big dogs is relatively small.

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