I sought him out after attending a local REIA meetup.

While reading your post I was thinking "sell the Cali properties", but with 3-4% interest rates (and I'm assuming those are long term fixed rates) you will be best off to cash out refi (non-tax event) and use those funds to buy multifamily.

One I bought that house and 2 I attended each day of the sale and recorded how much each sold for.

Will contact you once I am back to hopefully attend a meetup with other RE investors.  

I highly encourage you to attend the next REI Central meeting on August 1st 6-8 pm at Palmetto Brewing Co 289 Huger St Charleston, SC 29403. 

For this month, we have real estate attorney Stephen Weaver attending, to discuss land use issues in LA.

Plus we have Websites, CRM, Marketing, Insurance, business licenses, Fuel (huge expense in an area where a listing can be 30-45 minutes away sometimes) networking events, fundraisers, etc.

I will be attending a  meeting this evening. 

Finally, in the event that the rental market underperforms, have a clear exit strategy in place, such as selling the property.Hope this helps!

(even though it sounds like a crazy tenant with no justification for those numbers, what if they really did have justification and won their case)I don't want to be wiped out completely in a terrible event, i'd rather just lose the rental property and not have my personal assets be at risk....exact reason LLCs exist.