My background has been mostly passive investing in flips and syndications in Los Angeles, currently looking to move to San Antonio. 

Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City would all be places where that arrangement would fail badly.In Montpelier I would expect you could cover costs if you had multiple rent-by-room tenants, but even if you don't, you'll so drastically cut costs with just one renter that a house hack is still the most powerful investment strategy in real estate.

@Kimberly LyonYou can check Tony Stanford with Blue Water Realty.

I am in the same boat in Los Angeles city, and the moratorium does not even have an end date, they have said 1 year after the lifting of the state of emergency, which itself does not have an end date.

@Raj SHa you can try east/south or South East Austin...Elgin, Manor, Del Valle (DV)...you can get something for 275-305K and you can pretty much break even with rents around 1400-1800 but u put 25 -30% down...however this part of Austin is not preferred due to low household incomes, poor schools etc....but DV is now new home to Tesla with 50% of employees to be within Travis County itself with salaries around 50K/yr typical blue collar jobs and these are ideal folks for long term rentals..plus google velocity/domain type mall under construction etc...plus there is huge possibility of Tesla suppliers moving here as well.

Hello All!My wife and I are considering moving to downtown.  She works there and I'm an agent so I can work anywhere.  My thought is DTLA prices are suppressed thanks to COVID, however I believe there will be a bounce...

I'm from Los Angeles, live in Oklahoma City, I think this is a great place to do it!

You should join a local real estate investors group in Los Angeles and a meet up .

What are your thoughts on investing in Los Angeles?

I've been spending most of my time so far just trying to get educated on my own, but I'm at the point where I'd really love to start talking with other investors about their experiences, what they've found to work, and any recommended resources (in Los Angeles or otherwise).