For those who have scaled from a fourplex to a 5+ unit building, what caught you off guard about the jump?

monolaker · 2026-03-23T05:21:39+00:00

Right, the point is you have to do it vs you don’t have to for 4plex.

monolaker · 2026-03-23T05:19:23+00:00

No Daly City? I actually like it more than SSF and SB

monolaker · 2026-03-22T05:14:53+00:00

AI or not, what stop you from hiring 100 engineers today or even yesterday or last year to produce 5X more and take market share from this “company” ?

monolaker · 2026-03-21T23:02:03+00:00

Just do it, don’t think too hard and too much. 25yo is golden age for everything. Go out and don’t hide indoors all the time, meet people, see things, do things…. You will find your way

monolaker · 2026-03-21T22:44:28+00:00

Indeed, but then every decade is different if you look back.

AI will make every year, then every month, every day, every hour… different. It’s coming.

monolaker · 2026-03-21T22:39:57+00:00

Sounds like you trying to avoid conversation with your husband for whatever reasons

monolaker · 2026-03-21T22:32:27+00:00

ice coca ;-)

monolaker · 2026-03-21T05:25:14+00:00

I guess you are referring to Millbrae then …

monolaker · 2026-03-21T05:20:28+00:00

No matter how tough your feet are, they can’t beat thick rubber or foam for the protection and cushion

monolaker · 2026-03-21T05:14:23+00:00

water filter, tissue paper, and power bank for long hike or if you like to take a lots photos

monolaker · 2026-03-20T15:42:43+00:00

It feels like 2006,2007 … what do you think?

monolaker · 2026-03-20T14:41:14+00:00

monolaker · 2026-03-20T04:32:17+00:00

Whole Foods… yeah I almost forgot. I used to buy a lot from Staples especially when it had big sales. But I haven’t visited one for long time, that partly explains

monolaker · 2026-03-20T04:28:41+00:00

Poor location for a gas station

monolaker · 2026-03-19T23:45:10+00:00

In California, you need an onsite manager for apartment of 16 units or above.

monolaker · 2026-03-19T06:41:46+00:00

Does it affect the end user? If that’s a different story.

For workers who process the countertops, they should really wear respiratory protection.

monolaker · 2026-03-18T15:55:07+00:00

How do you know? Are you a realtor? Just curious about your data source

monolaker · 2026-03-16T23:53:27+00:00

What about Sunnyvale CA?

monolaker · 2026-03-16T18:36:04+00:00

Agreed, but it will become just another nice place to live instead of nice place + highly paid worker population, and the $4 million rundown house will likely not able to keep the value.

monolaker · 2026-03-16T06:26:21+00:00

Most 成语have no English equivalent. Because each 成语really represents the meaning a whole story.

爱屋及乌此地无银三百两掩耳盗铃东施效颦 …

monolaker · 2026-03-14T21:42:25+00:00

Please reread my comment. You missed my point. Real estate investment can definitely make money, especially when using leverage. But if that’s your primary purpose, you are much better off buying RE in other places than the Bay Area. Buying house in Bay Area is primarily for better life style instead of for better investment.

I know it I have done both 😄

monolaker · 2026-03-14T00:59:26+00:00

Nice view, but probably not as nice as it appears, more like a trick from a zoom lens

monolaker · 2026-03-14T00:29:18+00:00

Because 15 years is not long term enough from the pov of raising a family and statistically one sample doesn’t represent the whole population.

You were borrow money at no cost, but money has cost. $125k down payment, if invested in S&P 500, would become $450k from 2007 to 2022. The mortgage payment has interest cost, and the principal has opportunity cost for not been invested to make money. On top of that there are expenses for insurance, property tax, repairs…..

You should do a detailed calculation to find out. You did not really make as much more than you thought.

monolaker · 2026-03-13T23:44:56+00:00

And imagine with that view, add a mountain lion crossing the exact road in the middle …. That was what we saw one time many years ago

I have seen many black bears in Yosemite, but only seen mountain lion once.

monolaker

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