Is San Francisco, CA a good place to invest in rental property?

San Francisco, CA has a median modeled monthly cash flow of $-3,962 and a median cap rate of 2.2%, on a median sold price of $1,548,000. Prices changed +8.0% year over year.

What is the average cap rate in San Francisco, CA?

The median cap rate across recently sold homes in San Francisco, CA is 2.2%, based on CashFlowRE's rent and expense modeling.

What is the median home price in San Francisco, CA?

The median sold price in San Francisco, CA is $1,548,000 (about $1,020 per square foot).

Investing in San Francisco, CA Real Estate

A data-driven snapshot of the San Francisco, CA rental-property market, built from recently sold homes and CashFlowRE's per-listing investment modeling — median price, cap rate, monthly cash flow, appreciation and inventory — so you can judge the market before you ever open a listing.

$1,548,000Median sold price

$1,020Median $/sqft

2.2%Median cap rate

$-3,962Modeled cash flow / mo

+8.0%Appreciation YoY

6.0Months of supply

2,784Active listings

5,555Sold (last 12 mo)

What the San Francisco numbers say

In San Francisco, CA, the median home sold for $1,548,000 (about $1,020 per square foot), and the typical deal models out to a 2.2% cap rate with a median $-3,962 of monthly cash flow. Sold prices moved +8.0% over the past year. Inventory sits at about 6.0 months of supply. These are medians across recorded sales; individual properties vary widely, which is exactly what CashFlowRE scores listing by listing.

🔨 See 34 fix-and-flip deals in San Francisco — listings where the estimated after-repair value beats list price + rehab.

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CashFlowRE ranks every for-sale home in San Francisco, CA by cap rate, cash-on-cash return, DSCR and monthly cash flow — so the best rental deals rise to the top. Create a free account to screen San Francisco deals, or browse the national market data.