Something to keep an eye out is the rapid growing corridor between Austin and San Antonio. :)

We need to have a decent cushion, considering the worth of our SoCal properties.Due to unforeseen family expenses and what's gone on in the stock market, we need to spend as little as possible (maybe up to $15k) for the time being while still being able to grow the company. 

I recently did some research and found their "values" for Cape Coral to be off considerably due to rapidly rising rents.

However I have paid cash for all of the homes and find it hard to grow without additional lending.

To grow zero to 100k in ten years is not an easy feat. 

You can ramp up your portfolio rapidly.

This comes in handy if you have a growing company.

As of now I am looking for someone I can partner up with and learn together and possibly grow together

Kids grow up too fast and life is too short for that.Happy hunting!

A mentor will be very good in helping you with growing pains, and avoiding mistakes that could cause losses and delays.