I highly encourage everyone to view the property before putting money down, but that's not ideal for many of them, so I do allow them to rent "sight unseen," but I am very open with them to ensure they don't show up and back out.1.

I would check the find real estate agents link up at the top.

Darrius  Local PM here - happy to help, we have multiple developments that are gearing up to sell in the next 6 months, few small multis and townhouses.

But I would be sure to look into that & speak to a tax professional up there before dumping too much time into research.

and if you don't have enough money to house hack in San Diego... save up until you do.and if you want to move somewhere else, house hack there. 

The odds of default go up significantly for those who have no skin in the game.

Ended up appraising for 98,000 with me touching it.

Ended up hiring an attorney to demand the release of the funds.

. - Taxes are on the higher side at $6,000 yearMy Numbers: $115,000 putting 20% of my money $23,000 and finance the rest with total expense of $1,834Monthly expense numbers: Future Maintenance 13% $273 - Vacancy 5% $105 - Property Insurance 5% $105 - Property Taxes 23% $500 - Property management 10% $215 - Office/Travel/Legal 4% $84 - Mortgage 26% $552 - Monthly Cash Flow - $316 per month or $3,792 per year so Cash on Cash = 17%I think this looks like it is a deal worth doing and I also believe I can bump the total rent up by $50 each tenant which I think make it even better.

For that and time saved setting that up ourselves, PCS was worth the cost for us.