Everyone who has responded has provided tremendous insights, I’ll definitely look into the YouTube channel as well.Quote from @Mindy Nicol: Hi Scott, I have 2 rentals that I self manage and am really happy with Lodgify to coordinate messaging, sync calendars etc. 

Do i need to find a discounted property?

Overall, RTR has a tremendous reputation in the industry and certainly among the BP community. 

Forced Apperception (BRRRR or buying at a discount) allows me to build in equity from the beginning of the investment in case I need to fire sale the property for an unforeseeable reason.Debt-Paydown and Tax-Benefits are just a result of owning real estate and can be more-or-less predicted over a time period.

In regards to skip tracing, find and use a company that has flexible pricing options, volume discounts or discount memberships; this will keep your cost of skip tracing down.

Now, finding properties that are deeply discounted enough where this method can be applied is going to be the more difficult task.

The property is actually worth much more now than it was when I owned the business because the lease has tremendous value.

We are a Wealthability client and have referred several of our clients to them - they have helped us tremendously.

There can be various reasons why a seller needs to sell a property quickly and might be willing to accept a discounted sale price.

Yes, you will pay for commissions (which are 100% negotiable)- I like the idea of approaching the agent for the new buy (if in the same area), who might give you a discount on the listing if you also buy from him or her.There are programs out there that help you BUY before selling, they will give you a 20% downpayment and money for repairs on your existing house- you'd have to use an Agent and them that is affiliated with them and they act as the straw man lender- check out Knock.com, Ribbon, Orchard, Homelight, etc- and there are others- I'm not sure which are available to you in California.In most states, homes are sold "As-IS" anyway), and all you have to do if you cannot make repairs is to properly DISCLOSE what you know isn't working, so that buyers can take that into consideration in ADVANCE of contract, in both their offer but also to save them surprises later on which could cause them to back out- if they know in advance and all is disclosed, there's less chance of that happening.