Great question, Yes I plan to buy and hold any BRRRR's or large multifamily, commercial properties that cashflow well! 

That is usually the blocker that keeps people out.If you ahve a down payment, you can get a bridge loan to rehab the property and assuming that goes well you can then get a DSCR loan for long term hold. 

Michael Blank's SDA is usually well regarded as a first model.

Selling real estate is a very costly move (labor, time, taxes, fees, commissions, opportunity cost etc.) so whatever you do with that money down the road has to be well worth it. 

I have some cash for a down payment, excellent credit, a well paying job and plenty of equity in my current residence.  

I'm in Socal as well, in Long Beach. 

Yeah I was planing on visiting myself, and yes one of the complaints I hear many people make is about their unresponsiveness, I've been looking for alternatives as well like you have but ultimately when it comes to quicker steel modular builds it seems they are reigning in that department locally.

I'm very eager to learn more as well about this process as well as potential flip opportunities here in central VA.   

We have a proptech company as well called Utility Ranger which we used to automated our RUBS billing through our platform and drive profits.

Therefore, that also tends to be the pre-development phase that garners the best ROI when executed well.