I see the North-shore area as a hot market right now I grew up in these parts I know the area very well.Any feed back would be great!!

Might be able to pick up some some income when it's hot..

Other investors to work with, hot deals, to continue learning from other investors Can offer / knowledgeable about?

Plus Alameda is a liquification zone for earthquakes I believe, and they have a "rent mediation board" for substantially increased rents (although not explicit rent control and not sure how often invoked.)I'm a big fan of Oakland, but prices are getting hot.

The reality of it is that a lot of hot markets, including Orlando, require that you also have hard earnest money you need to put up and be comfortable losing in order to be competitive on deals.

Most major markets right now are hot.

No one mention the proper function of the hot water heater and the furnace because like the roof and HVAC those are expensive cost.

my whole life i know real estate in some form was going to be something i pursued in life .although i don't have experience in being a landlord i have been to many seminars and have had conversations with a lot of landlords i also come from a family( brother and father who are active landlords).You may be saying if u know all this why are u asking because i want to see what other people would do i love hearing suggestions one little suggestion can change my view on investing.A couple of people made points about rehabbing ,, i would look into that right now I'm focus on cash flow and rentals.i actually have some investors who want to buy i may bring up that idea later done the road and J-V with 1 or 2 of them.somebody also brought up Appreciation - one of the reasons i do look into that is because as a small business owner i don't have a 401k so without no retirement fund i could use a duplex as my retirement fund also the area I'm thinking of buying this duplex is actually a very hot area .

Welcome to BP...I spent a summer in India back in the day...very hot :) I'll be at the meeting tmrw as well..hope to see you there!

For move ins, I will not hold the place very long, but we have a very hot market.