The "high appreciation rates" you mention should be verified with recent data and be specific to the neighborhoods you're targeting.

I'm at the very starting phase of this process.

I want a good turn key property that can be set up with a management company and I would like to repeat this process at least two or three times this year. 

The broker/LO misses something that gets caught late in the process and blows the loan up.

I would review your process with how these investments are going so far and figure out what's working and what's not.

Sounds like you have a pretty poor security system.Even with a good security system, having a tenant provide ID is the first step in a professional screening process. 

Mark, I am in the process of completing a HELOC with Wells Fargo.

My current goal is to analyze properties for potential deals on BP pro daily and start wrapping my head a general understanding of the process. 

An analysis of the data also shows that the city north of Austin grew 10.6% year-over-year, making it the fastest-growing city of at least 50,000 people.

Though, this process will be the same for the other state (if you created a CA LLC you may need to register it as a foreign LLC in the state in which you are doing business/holding property).