I am not sure why so many who would normally move to evict a tenant are getting on their soap box about this guy.

You mentioned the Vanguard funds aren't available to you, but would you be able to invest in public REITs (like ETFs but comprised of real estate investments instead of stocks)?

San Diego area is comprised of many cities as well as San Diego county. 

However if you are simply looking to invest in the real estate market (ie you think values will go up and you want to benefit from rental income, but don't care about owning the actual houses directly), there are many types of passive REI that allow you to invest in real estate without needing to vet deals, organize, rehab, hire a PM, etc.The easiest of these is probably a REIT, which is like an ETF or mutual fund comprised entirely of commercial real estate investments (either direct investments (Equity REIT) or investments in the mortgages held by the owners of real estate (Mortgage REIT), or a combination of both (Hybrid REIT)).

Wore my worst clothes , had bleach water and soap and had a miserable day .  

It will work for a complete blockage, but to clear the buildup of soap and grease, you need a drain clearing product to break down that mess.Zep has a product called Drain Care.

I'm sure you provide items like towels, soap, linens and the like. 

(Whenever I’m working on a unit, I buy some dawn dishwashing soap to use to was my hands, and paint brushes, jist random needs, and I leave a nearly full bottle for the tenant, and after the cleaners come through they always walk away with it!!)

There are all kinds of tips on cleaning old oil stains off concrete...soap and power washing works well.

Skimp on extravagant gift baskets, bubble bath and cosmetic soap.