Am planning to acquire more in same neighborhood and just wanted to know if my experience was the exception or the rule, going by the list @Chris Dawson published.

Once you own here and a few years go buy, you'll feel incredibly blessed to have your own property both in terms of cash flow and appreciation.There is a saying of owning real estate here:  "It's the bay area retirement plan". 

Have a clear plan.

I will be setting my goals on Monday with my coach so I can come up with a plan and take another action step. 

I am not sure which REIA you are planning on attending, but I have been a part of several and while most are great, some can be full of sales.

While it’s not full proof, some potentially “bad guests” would weed themselves out automatically for not wanting to answer those basics.

For me, the case manager was able to 'warn' the recipients that they will end up losing their voucher if they are not planning to pay the unpaid balance in backup rent or if they get evicted.

Another thing to consider: My mom is planning on giving me this property as my inheritance but was considering just gifting it to me before she dies.

And at the end of the day, buying now with the plan to refinance and tap into natural and or forced equity in a few years is almost always a solid move.Those are my two cents on the market if you're on the fence.

That being said I'm planning to post a case study of how I helped my brother-in-law, a Contractor with a small 4-man team, go from struggling to $46,000 in new business in a very short time frame.If I had to write a highly click-bait worthy headline for this case study it would go something like...REVEALED: Struggling Contractor Signs $46,000+ in NEW Business in 7 days for FREE Without Paid Advertising Using This Simple 3-Step SystemI'm a glutton for memes, dad jokes, and anything that pokes fun at how ridiculous us marketers slice and dice language and communication in our marketing :)

My brother-in-law specializes in building patio covers, fences, decks, pergolas for residential homeowners.