I've heard that appreciation is like icing on the cake and should be second to cash flow.

You're not going for cake & coffee, you're going to learn & share.

Piece of cake!

The icing on the cake is she went around and slandered us to the neighbors.

It's like icing on the cake. 

In markets like ours, you could have 4 subdivisions with 200K homes, new construction that could be selling like hot cakes that will skew that perception, you rehabbed 1982 ranch may or may not compete, and usually won't even if you sunk 100K in it.The objective measures to valuation, market activity, inventor supplies and housing needs have been around about a hundred years, technology hasn't and won't change the approach but can make things easier.

It’s a feee country You can bank on appreciation..personally  I’ll take that good cash flow each month and if I happen to get appreciation then that’s icing on the cake . 

the funny thing is...i worked making outbound calls and taking inbound calls for over 2 years, lol..its just been a little while but im sure i will get over it..like you said once i start calling a few people it will be a piece of cake.

What about another market close to San Diego but still in California, like for instance, Los Angeles or Anaheim? 

I think it's icing on the cake if you invest together but I don't think it's necessary that they are interested in participating.