But financially putting 20% down would nearly diminish my bank account.

While I'm not opposed to self managing (did it for a long time before) at some point you're going to reach that point of diminishing returns.

If yes, I've created an exhaustive checklist in irder to 'reverse engineer' the property, debt and title.After determining that the opportunity has merit, you need an entrance (and exit) strategy.If you are trying to buy the asset (the property) then you need to find someone who has the ability to pass title to you, either owner or the person in charge of their estate, if deceased (or conservatorship, if owner has diminished capacity). 

Diminishing returns.     

The fact that there are now other tech centers doesn't diminish the Bay Area tech growth.  

Whenever you pull your equity out of a place it means that the market is stronger than when you bought it so if you remain in the same place your purchase power will be diminished. 

This can cause diminishing returns for you if you don't wait out the full seasoning period.

This may help you justify the expense or forgo it if it will result in a diminishing return.

If you notice something not checked off, get it executed and boom - liability diminished.

I'm sure there are great deals out there but I'm not sure if/when I'll find it - and at some point, there will probably be diminishing returns on my efforts.A couple questions to help me understand when I've found something good enough:1.