Foster City, plainly read.

Most Foster City tenants ask for two-year leases right out of the gate, which is rare elsewhere on the Peninsula. Once placed, they're not going anywhere. Our average tenancy on lagoon-front inventory exceeds three years.

Lagoon-fronting homes command a persistent 12–18% premium and almost never sit vacant. The broader market grew 3.2% in 2025 and has been flat year-to-date in 2026. A steady, undramatic pattern that mirrors the city itself.

The applicant pool here is dominated by biotech researchers (Gilead, Vertex, Visa's Conversica subsidiary), and by families who chose Foster City explicitly for Audubon Elementary and Bowditch Middle. Multi-generational households are unusually common. About one in five applicants are couples renting alongside an aging parent.

Major employers in this applicant pool

Visa HQ · Gilead Sciences · IBM · Vertex Pharmaceuticals · Conversica

We work Foster City because it's a market where doing the work well. Proper screening, tight maintenance, clear reporting. Produces decade-long owner relationships. The drama is low. The retention is high. Both are by design.

AB 1482 state cap; no local rent control. I track the effective rent cap per property and apply it at renewal. That includes the required tenant notices, deposit handling under California Civil Code §1950.5, and any local timing requirements that apply.

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