Rents in the Bay Area are absurdly high right now, which I don't think I'd sustainable either.Why not take your money and run--tax free I might add?

Also if a child, even a neighbor's child were to break an arm or sustained a head injury while playing on playground equipment that was left behind by an owner, you can be sure that the parents would be looking towards the owner for compensation and restitution.

For that amount you could sustain a vacancy for 2.5 months and make the same income for the year.

Then what is going to sustain rent increases?

Furthermore, at least in Oregon, a savvy tenant would have a legal claim for a full security deposit refund if the only damage was from pets, and you charged a separate "pet deposit" or "pet fee" that didn't cover the entire cost of actual damages sustained.  

@Kai Hodge, I'm sorry your property sustained that kind of damage.

On the other hand, getting rich by cheating others is not sustainable either.

Most training conveniently leaves this out...or talks about methods that are illegal in most areas (bandit signs). focuses on REO's or short sales...which is not sustainable, etc.3.

I'm interested in properties there, but not sure how sustainable that market is. 

Hi Natalie,No problem at all.I bought my first property in Australia.Paid $150,000 and renovated it myself for around $12,000 and refinance and pulled out equity $30,000 to repeat the process.I built quite a large portfolio in a short time but decided that it wasn't a sustainable way in building a long term portfolio.These days I do everything with cash and only buy in sold B class areas.