I've read lots of the guides, and blog posts, and forums, and I can't seem to get enough.I currently live in the San Francisco Bay Area (Oakland, specifically).

Dave Carpenter and Derek Steinmetz; Was thinking of keeping the first investment-only property to the Bay View area in Milwaukee, but looking a bit at numbers like Dawn A. has, it may make more sense to just pay cash for a SFR and go that route more on the NW side of town.

I currently live in the bay area in CA and my market is too flooded and expensive as well.

I'm a "fix and hold" investor from the Bay Area in CA, and loving it!

Margarets Bay, but a few on the north side towards Musquodoboit. - giving them an efficiency update and then placing them as get-away home to wealthy folks from away.

Being a wholesaler your "real" business is marketing.So no matter where you are located you have to be consistently marketing for deals.Here are a few suggestions that have worked well for me.1) Bandit signs 2) Online ads [ craigslist, back page,e-bay classifieds, oodle etc...]3) Get a website4) business cardsThese are just a few ideas, but my point is that the more marketing you do the more deals you will find.Hope this helps, Good Luck!

Hi,After building up to 23 apartments in 3 years and seeing the recent spike in prices in bay area in MFH, I am trying to increase my knowledge in agri as an alternative long term investment, in addition to still finding the needle in the hay stack called a good value in MFH.

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yes I understand there are too many variables and its difficult to detail in forum; initially I thought of taking full dry walls out and do the complete renovation; afterwards realized I may not need to take all walls at all; but still need full HVAC duct work and need to take the existing one out as it is not placed right; and need to add heat system on the same A/c duct work (basically central heat and A/c with 4-zone system); kitchen needs to be redone completely, take out existing put the new one with Gas stove (currently it is electric stove); 2 bathrooms full renovation; apart from that full floor (around 1700 sqft; in that 800 is in basement floor), window replacements (around 9 double hung window and 1 bay window); all interior doors needs to be replaced, new insulation, drywall and veneer plaster; but no wall move or anything (just take the existing one and replace); still it is significant work.

welcome George, I grew up in the bay area.