To deal with this crazy Bay Area market right now, I'm trying to cut my teeth on something new and less popular like adding on.

Best bet is to have your staging person or cabinet person help with color/supply.

That's your best bet if you want money quickly.

Your best bet in most cases is to befriend a Realtor and get comps of what's currently available and what has rented over the past 12 months.

If not a 15 year mortgage might be a better bet because you have to factor in selling costs.

And contrary to popular belief that 100% is always the goal, this is not true. 100% occupancy is actually a bad thing because it means that our rates are too low, our marketing budget is being wasted because we have to send any leads to our competitors and, most importantly, it is a trigger for other investors to move in to your market.

I imagine for a decent sized house that's pretty expensive...but I bet buyers love it.

I'd bet you'd let anyone say nasty things for you if they offered to pay you $5000 to do so.Not much different is it when you realize that you are getting paid to hear those things, when you close the deal.

It is a common general consideration among long-time experienced investors that once a way to make money becomes popular and trendy by those with less experience, then the investment opportunity has mostly peaked and passed.

You will run into this with commercial lenders to wanting to work on the larger deals which is why I think the local bank is your best bet.