If you have lived in it for 2 yrs I would suggest renting it for 2 - 3 years and then selling it to avoid capital gains taxes. 

An uncontested foreclosure is often the best way to resolve issues with subordinate lien holders though I've also contacted some and explained they were about to be named in a foreclosure and suggested that could be avoided if they just released the property from their judgment/lien.

I've wondered that myself and thought: If an investor was looking for birddogs why would the birddog have to pay the investor money before they began securing leads for the investor, that the investor would then in turn give the birddog an investor's cut on the profit end???

I'd suggest taking a free course like that provided by Pete Reese at Land Conquest to get your feet wet and take some action. 

Virtually only ones to have not done well in San Diego RE were those over leveraged at inopportune times.If you want To invest in San Diego, I suggest you save more before starting.  

You did not seem to know that.You then suggested I had something to hide for not wanting to file the CTA BOI, and I informed you I had previously filed.Thank you for notifying us that it has been reversed. 

I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on how to calculate a relatively accurate 5 year rent growth for a market?

I’m wondering on the process of getting things in order to rehab the house through insurance and put it up for sale.

In fact, invest outside Calif for sure.I suggest you continue to rent and buy an investment property first.

However, just to set expectations, they most likely won’t make any changes unless there’s a clear error in the valuation.That said, since the $1,000 increase works out to about $83 per month, I’d suggest checking what the market rents are in your area.