If you are tech savvy you could create a form letter with your own handwriting, here is the old thread where I had initially seen it: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/87/topics/453...I have spoken to many people who see right through the fake handwriting and yet they still call.

There is a pretty big QB learning curve and their tech support really suck (1 hour plus hold times) but I think it was worth it for ease of tax prep and vendor payment

Sell the house in Tracy, 1031 into a small apartment in one of the several Central Valley towns that provide cash flow that rivals what you see in the south and Midwest but has a higher ceiling.

Based on your last post, it appears you don't have a maintenance tech budgeted.  

We are aiming for high growth tech hubs, since they also bring a lot of construction jobs.  

There are great business forums out there but they are industry specific.Mechanical engineers and fast food franchise owners and medical techs rarely talk to each other or have much in common.Try using www.DogPile.com search engine. 

I'm very tech savvy but for some reason it wasn't popping up.Anyways, the duplex(House Hacking route) sounds very interesting and I will definitely be looking into that today. 

I would also like to add to Brad's post that there is supposed to be a new big tech company opening up next year bringing with it 2,100 jobs.

My "day job" is running tech (mostly software dev) for an internet startup, but I'm realizing that I'm not a city guy and all of the demand for my tech leadership skills force me to be in New York City.

I currently work at GTRI (Georgia Tech Research Institute) and I want to do well in my work there so its sort of a  juggle of pushing toward my engineering career and my real estate career at the same time so really focusing on one thing will be a big help.As for now I'm focusing on getting through this pre-licensure course.