Each property will have different terms, so watch for that (tech fee, commissions, etc).

Good example is if you’re concrete has a giant crack in it but the House was built in the 1940s.

Good paying high tech jobs there too like Raytheon.

Or put it this way, more people get rich in the Bay Area by investing in RE for the long term than by striking it rich with start up stock options or utilizing stock purchase plans of larger tech companies. 

@Mike Goldenthal I am an agent in Pittsburgh who is not very tech minded.

I do not work for click2mail, get a discount from them, or even get responses from their tech support half the time!!

I want to know if my future dream looks like me owning 20 units, or me owning 4 giant apartment complexes.

I would agree with the others in the sense that you want to focus on your core competency.Given your familiarity with the tech world, I would recommend taking advantage of the wealth of data and tools online to first find which areas of the South Bay have strong cap rates and active investment opportunities (they're all low compared to the rest of the country of course).

(A tenant will make sure he has an extra key) If a tenant contacts you after hours to handle an emergency, make it clear in your lease what an emergency is (burst pipe indoors, giant crack in a load bearing wall, tree limb crashes through the bedroom window, etc.).Most of all, keep the relationship professional, friendly but businesslike.

We are business friendly and are on a super growth trajectory to out pace the California tech industry.