I am not sure about what part of Oakland you are in, but there are many areas that have been rising fast. 

Hi Noah,AirBnB seems to be on the rise in our area (in terms of more properties being vacant and then listed as vacation homes). 

Option #3 additionally offers the opportunity to diversify across different types of projects and different (and shorter) hold periods.ReturnsThe syndication deals provide substantially higher IRRs and equity multiples.As cap rates compress and interest rates rise it seems to have become very difficult to find stable, performing investments (residential or commercial multi-family) that produce high teens or above IRRs on a 5-7 year timeline.

I guess the real concern is rising interest rates huh?

@Justin Fox that’s what I was thinking, getting a crap ton now on 40s interest fixed for 10years let inflation eat up the loan while rents rise that way I can qualify for more property’s with debt to income now and pay them later

I would also count on taxes to continue to rise in your area due to political considerations.

And you probably can find some other deals that are cashflow positive on day 1, without having to speculate on the rise of rents or on the market appreciation.

There are areas in Asia that you can buy into developments such as up and coming resorts and high rise luxury apartment buildings.The strategy is to buy in the planning stage early and have ownership while it’s being built then the price of what you bought will appreciate quite a bit when it’s done.

Also, consider your costs like losing a favorable interest rate in a rising rate environment and how good a deal is it at the current price.

In the BA, the rent income increase just seems to not catch up with the RE price increase: they don't rise hand-in-hand enough.Because of that gap, CF properties in the BA is very tough to find or perhaps non-existent in today's market.