Two months of housing inventory and hardly anything being built below $500k equals more renters.Property taxes are a known quantity and can easily be forecasted into one's proforma.Foundation estimates are FREE.

That is definitely not a law that is good for businesses especially small business that can’t afford automation technology .If someone owns a home that is paid off or a tiny mortgage and enough to pay living expenses they have little incentive to move especially with Prop 13 keeping their taxes low .

Leverage your quantity of business regardless of what you own.Diversification. 

Many savvy Investors want quality, not quantity and after accumulating numerous rentals through 1031 Exchanging or not, sell all of the properties and 1031 Exchange into a Grade A property, perhaps even a modes Office or Medical Building with triple net leases.

@Guy Gimenez  on the West coast specifically CA Or WA  were I am licensed you MUST disclose your a broker on ANY advertising you do  that's RE 101  I find it difficult to believe that any state would allow a licensed agent to not disclose that in their marketing.Now granted many do this with teeny tiny writing and that works.

Much is made about off-grid tiny homes.  

Sounds like you’re not wanting to DIY, and like I believe Gary said $13k seems off the chart, especially for a tiny little bathroom.

I have put lots of tiny holes in walls when I was trying to figure out how best to hang a piece of artwork. 

In very very tiny print said something about a credit booster but never not once said anything about what we needed to do on a credit booster but we could move forward in buying a house.

If my choice is to stop investing and keep working my W2 forever or keep investing and risk playing a tiny role in a larger societal problem, I'm going with the latter.