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Welcome. I'm also from CA. Best climate on earth

Welcome. I am also active in the SD real estate market. I am fairly new to BP but like what I've seen so far. Message me If you wanna chat about the market trends or anything else in SD

I'm here in San Diego selling as an agent myself. I also am looking to invest and have some homes myself I currently rent. If you would like to bounce ideas of one another PM me

I am a licensed agent in SD,CA and have taken both online and classroom setting. If you can't make it to class I would say do it online. I think personally I got more out of the online classes because at times I felt as if the classroom was a waste of time listening to stories rather than them teaching the text book. If you are a very motivated and self diciplined person do online. Now I also have passed the classes for Texas RE as Texas does not recognize any other state license unless your a broker. I went to Kaplan online and finished in a week all four classes. Granted I was a working agent in CA and Kaplan only requires you to pass the tests. I don't know what the pass rate for the state exam is but make sure you are prepared. The Kaplan course came with a very nice study guide for the state exam. Hope this helps

I have run into the issue a couple times here in San Diego, CA. It really depends on how you plan to acquire the solar panels. If you purchase the panels traditionally it will demand more for the property and buyers are willing to pay as it will save them money in the future.  However if you plan to lease it really depends as this has caused deals to fall out here.  What happens is some companies have a clause that the entire system will have to be paid for in the event of a sale usually by the seller and passed to the buyer. Some companies make it easy and the lease can be transferred to the buyer. Some buyers do not like the idea of leased solar panels on their roof.  My recommendation would to be purchase the panels especially in the SF hipster area as this will help the sell of your home, but keep in mind solar panels do depreciate. 

I currently own my primary residence in San Diego , CA and 2 duplexes in SA,TX. I would like to hold my property in the best possible way that would protect me from law suits, people knowing whom owns the property, and taxes. I am torn between setting everything up in CA where I live or TX where my investments are.  What should I do and how should I hold the property