Good tenants seem hard to find nowadays.

I'm not sure nowadays that you will really find an agent that will sit there an analyze deals for you. 

Anyone can edit PDF's nowadays or just change a name.

Its methodical amd very smart insofar as you're involving relationship building in your due diligence and analysis process organically.For me, being waaaaaaaay out of state (I'm nin the UK most of the time nowadays) means that I only invest where I have relationships with people I trust. 

Nowadays home based businesses are booming everywhere.

There is quite a number of threads about this with various opinions and suggestions.I generally don't have an issue with giving out my account number (for legitimate reasons), not sure why people are super secretive about it.I don't see a real risk especially nowadays where you can watch your account online any minute plus with all the liability protections offered.Some services you don't have to give out your bank info to the tenant, too.And no, no reason to not do auto-pay, expect you don't want to to suck up a $3 fee or so (depending on the service chose).

But here are some thoughts-The market is a lot tougher nowadays, and people are making less on deal.

The only problem is I live in San Diego and I feel that everything is so expensive nowadays making it hard to break into real estate investing.

So many scams to seduce folks nowadays.

That being said, I have seen multi-unit properties in Central California have a 1% rent-to-purchase ratio, but even that is getting rarer nowadays.