He wants to get in to investing as well and is looking in to house hacking a duplex or triplex in the Tampa Bay area.  

. :) Pragmatically, from your perspective these clients are actually just really picky first-time homebuyers, always keep that in mind.For well established clients: A common thing I see among agents that list a lot of 2-4 unit properties is a suit in tie, and this is in the SF Bay Area where generally no one wears suits.

Hi All,I am looking at buying a home with an In-law suite in Bay Area California where the in-law unit was made without permits.

Unless your market is The San Francisco Bay Area or NYC, two weeks isn’t an exorbitant amount of time for a property to be listed and probably doesn’t warrant such a low offer.

Looking for a new business checking account in the San Francisco Bay Area...

Eric  its common practice in our area to run a sewer scope on virtually every sale. and in parts of the SF bay area sewer laterals must be replaced prior to conveyance if they are over a certain age. 

I wanted to get insight from other bay area investors on how to deal with this situation?

Granted I'm here in the SF Bay Area where that is more true than most places.

I’m excited to learn from any of you that are getting your start in this ridiculous Bay Area market.

They have lots of cations in Green Bay, Appleton, Wausau, Eau Claire and Kenosha.