•Purchase another property in San Diego with a conventional loan.

with an FHA loan How did you add value to the deal?

If you don’t care about maximizing loan amount then you could start whenever.

Investment Info:Condo private money loan investment.

ThanksBrett, we do flips and rehabs and have several lenders in the area that specialize in ARV "style" loans.

Consider starting with a few lower-cost flips with a smaller loan-to-value ratio to reduce financial strain.Market Research: Sacramento can be volatile, so I’d recommend keeping a pulse on local trends—particularly in the neighborhoods that have potential for growth but haven’t quite hit their peak yet.

Like I see how it could work in a perfect world but i cant wrap my head around the idea that I could be making a profit if I still don't actually own the house and still have to pay down all of the loans.

To answer your questions here though:Alternative options - I was going to sell all my stocks and etfs, take out a HELOC, and some credit cards to try to shoestring together enough to the deal without a hard money loan. 

The other route you can look into is purchase+rehab loans if it's going to be a primary, if it's an investment then using hard money, bridge loan, or DSCR.

No back payments due, but there is a HUD loan for $7k from a previous forbearance.