Coffee bars are free.. its quite the thing I got to make a little presentation there on RE investing a year ago and got a tour of the main campus.. and its great restaurants..

Would drywall such as green board hold up ok?

The issue is the bar is exceedingly low and anyone will qualify and they know how to play the game.This is how easy to get an ESA letter online, endorsed by a licensed physician. 

When it comes to investing in real estate the primary benefits of the US market comparatively are 1. costs of debt 2. rent rates relative to property values (not in the Bay Area as much as in other parts of US) and 3. gov stability (which is perhaps a bit laughable right now I suppose).There are some incredible and easy ways to invest out of state, but it all comes down to having a "team" you can rely on (like @David Greene talks about in The Book on Long Distance Real Estate Investing.   

"Long-Distance Real Estate investing" by David Greene is great if you want to invest out-of-state.

Jared,If you use the "events" tab here on BP, there are a ton of free local BP meetups and events, of which the presenters are specifically barred from high pressure sales or product pushing.  

@Tyrone HoodWelcome Tyrone, new two it as well currently reading the Brrr book by David green.

@NIc Green I have brrrr’d a lot of SFRs but not as many multis.

I bought both of David Greene's books, Long Distance Real Estate Investing and the BRRRR book.

You can upgrade cards like the green and gold card to additional platinum cards so currently I have 6 AMEX Platinum cards, which translates into $1200 worth of free UBER eats food every year, 1200 travel credit and $510 in cash after I liquidate 600 bucks worth of Saks gift cards online.