Q2:  How many more deals will you be able to do, while you are waiting for that cash, if you used the HML method?

Can anyone recommend any good wholesalers or alternative methods of finding deals in the current RE climate.

@Devon Craychee we will all have opinions on what is the best method to having more investment properties but my suggestions are two fold:Cash is STILL King - once you spend your cash, it's really hard to get it back.  

  ( might be a pre paid card, if you have a low credit score)Both methods will take a few months to get a good score.  

The company I have been using does the injection method, its sort of a spot treatment method.

I'm gonna keep this short and simple: If you want free leads of absentee owners follow this method..if you know your market: go to gosection8.com and text all the landlords on the site something like "I see you own a property on 123 street I'm looking to invest in the area would you be open to possibly selling a property?"

You see, if you negotiate a package price, then you have nowhere to go when you’re done; but if you negotiate individual purchase prices, then you can always come back and ask for a discount if you take the entire package.Second, you need to know real values by using the comparable sales method and income methods to value the real estate.

No one knows what will be the final legislation but any plan of a non-owner occupied STR would be risky.Even if you use the house hacking method I suggested you look into, because you do not know if you would be staying in San Diego long term, the STR route is very risky and therefore I would not recommend it but you can look into the proposed legislation and decide if it is a risk you want to take on. 

You can earn and learn w/intention in more passive method while you look for more reasonable opportunities or entry points for your active capital.

I don't like this method, because I like leverage.