What's the point in talking to my co-workers/friends/family-- they won't understand, and the chances of them actually doing something with my advice is VERY slim.   

Your business model is not unique and given the fact that you are a recent graduate I doubt you have much capital.The arbitrage between yearly rentals and weekly/daily rentals provides some upside, but the profits margin is slim and you are going to need to find buildings that allow short term rentals.

However, any increase in your costs reduce your already slim Cash Flow. 

The seller is not interested in selling the property in that fashion and our market is very slim as far as quality homes you can purchase in this manner.

The numbers we’ve ran will work while we live there but when we move out our profit margin will be slim to none.

As someone who is just starting his investing career, I considered Temecula as a possibility given the lower price points and potential for appreciation, but it sounds like positive cash flow in the current market anywhere in San Diego with a ~20% down payment is slim to none.

The odds of all 5 of them getting along for any length of time is slim to none in my opinion.

I am in San Diego and it is slim to none getting a good MF rental out here with good cashflow.

@Anasya Taylor chances are slim that you'll be able to assign a contract if a realtor is involved.

In our market we may see prices flatten, but the likelihood of prices decreasing is slim given the economic development and population growth we are seeing in and around Salt lake.