Heavily invested in real estate & then retiring in '98 I eliminated my biggest danger to life ... traveling 2 hours to/from a JOB in crazy traffic every day. 

I've never been one for setting tangible goals, but it definitely seems like a habit of anyone who is successful at this, so I'd better do it too...and the other thing that it seems like everybody does is read "Rich Dad Poor Dad" so I did that over the weekend too.

It sounds like you already understand that we can't pick our neighbors and their habits, but scoping out the condition of the connected homes is what I would do.

I am only looking to invest in rental properties within this area, as I am more familiar with the location and is within travel distance.Curious to hear what others have seen, and thoughts in investing rental properties in the Bay Area that shows positive cash flow.Thanks!

I'm a licensed agent in South Florida but I have been traveling and inactive for about 2 years.

There are obviously some loopholes especially with people who travel 24/7 for work.

People always travel for those big live shows and conventions that happen there pretty frequently, and much of the time they need a place to stay.

Typically a small recession does not cause rents or travel to go down too much.

We have State Farm HQ nearby so I'm thinking those travelling for business would be our target if we went that route.

They do have a growing medical hospital which could cater to traveling nurses and doctors.