I have one good friend who's a cop who acts like this in situations of a different nature but similar dynamics.  

If nothing else, you can charge a premium on rent due to the nature of the business.

Per a podcast episode we recently recorded, you laid it out beautifully the path to passive to active. 

You might call this part of the nature of existence and time.

Most will argue that you are much more valuable if you can make it out with a deal to at least talk to people about, but even if you don't have one, come out and just talk to people at the event.The Bay Area is a tougher market than many to wholesale just to the nature of the price point and the amount of marketing Realtors do (I will admit my team personally does thousands of pieces a month).

I have a software development background and had worked on simulators (for traffic analysis) many years ago, so it seemed like a natural way to become more familiar with the interrelationship of various real estate metrics and produce a usable tool.

It doesn’t have many color undertones to it and is beautiful next to white trim.

It may be expensive to to get into but you if you can afford it, bel air should be good purchase.Other areas to consider around APG are aberdeen ( home of Cal Ripken jr ) Havre de grace ( beautiful bay town on the water ) Edgewood and joppatown (my old stomping grounds)

I am risk adverse by nature but enjoy doing calculations and thus taking calculated risk thus here I am now. 

The natural appreciation has been strong enough that we are still holding this property.Lessons learned?