In the pursuit of saving a few dollars, you can end up creating extra headaches. 

@Karlyn Brasselmon along with the other good advice you have gotten get a RE license its cheap and you will learn terminology so you sound educated when you speak to others about RE. you will surround yourself with like minded individuals if you take live class's and you can go work on a team when you get your license and earn as you learn.RE can be a life long pursuit  so get yourself a base of knowledge and work up from there and in my mind the first thing is the RE license whether you use it or not..

1 year: House hack plus 4 plex cover my living expenses5 year (Lean fire): 5k cover our living expenses (50 units should make this happen)10 years (Fat fire): 10-20k per month depending on our lifestyle but the goal is to buy a family plane for vacations and 20+ acres to build our family home.I want to grow this as a business, not a passive pursuit.

To each their own I suppose.Well if you have never lived there I could see your point.. but its not all about money.many parts of CA are simply the nicest places in the entire world to live when you factor in weather jobs and out door pursuits.. 

(Based on the dates referenced in your posts, it seems that the window may have passed).Continued success in your new full-time RE pursuit!

I am a technology guy who learned on my own time and aggressive pursuit of information and people.

If I was a betting man, I would think foreclosure pursuit stopped when the BK was filed.  

I have two passions one is the study and practiceof Natural Health and the pursuit of "total body Health".

PP wants to bring order to the chaos of online transactions, nobel pursuit, but it will err on the side of caution.

That is the pursuit that I am taking as well, maintain my reserves and funds, but anything else I pour into the stock market and see returns there.