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Historically, Santa Cruz County trails both San Mateo and Santa Clara County in nearly every major real estate metric. Since 2012, the yearly median growth is about 12% per county but the counties of San Mateo and San...
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Hi Santa Cruz Bigger Pockets family. A conversation about Santa Cruz Real Estate is infrequent on here! I'd like to change that. Maybe we restart a (virtual) meetup. The numbers don't always make sense here but there ...
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Hi Santa Cruz Real Estate Investors!I'm starting this new general thread in the Local Real Estate Networking forum. I'm pretty new here myself so thought I'd share the BP protocol below if you haven't seen it already....
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I thought short term rental was ban in Santa Cruz years ago, as a coworker at the time bought into it and a year later, short term rental got banned....She took a big hit at the time because RE prices tanked because o...
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Motivated by my own curiosity and desire to see which townships in Santa Cruz are performing compared to their neighbors, I dove deep into Santa Cruz County real estate data since 2010. Broken down into 8 townships: A...
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Creativity is often the name of the game when it comes to owning Santa Cruz real estate. I’m constantly brainstorming ways that I can help my clients own this super valuable appreciating asset. Many traditional invest...
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Hi everyone! My name is Robby and I am a new investor in Santa Cruz, CA. I am a full-time paramedic, and I am looking to start investing in real estate to start making income outside of work as I realize that I won't ...