The desire to have a second home/Airbnb property in the beautiful state offsets the modest returns we're seeing now due to higher interest rates and taxes. 

Even if one lender gives me financing with SWD, would this make the property less desirable when selling in the future? 

I have already connected with a few mentors and got connected with the option to become a commercial or residential real estate agent with solid firms (crye leike / cushman & wakefield) and mentors if I am interested..

 - you are the only one that can determine the correct path for you but with your contacts and desire to scale, value adds should be evaluated.  

For example, if you’re a first-time buyer wanting to see 3 different cities, low down payment Ioan, no real idea of what you’re looking for, and need to lose 3+ offers before you’ll listen to my professional opinion on offer price & terms, you’re going to be paying me a lot more than an informed cash buyer looking in a specific neighborhood that listens to my advice so we quickly win the bidding wars we still have with lack of inventory in desirable neighborhoods.

I am a firm believer that if you find an investment vessel that advertises returns above 12 to 15%, any investor should be excited to get into the deal.

In the end, you still for a CA property that is likely very desirable and holds values very well with high appreciation potential.

If you can do Cash or a cash partner that would be best to get through the process without putting yourself into a less desirable outcome on ROI.

We use a firm that drafts all of ours.

Come to find out his wife's dad had a career in real estate, his friend works at a firm as a private lender (that's how he got started), the houses were 50k houses and half of them were trailers...His personal house, while large was in the middle of nowhere...You can see the focus shifted from real estate investing to social media marketing.