For the latter, different approaches:you can use some platform such as Reonomy or even Costar but the price for this one is fairly stiff.

Also, your competition in the $800-1000 price point is stiff.

I am located in San Clemente and I do agree, there is some stiff competition here.

Here, there is still stiff competition from other investors for properties.

All of this enforcement nonsense is a moot point if there are not stiff penalties for EMPLOYERS of the aliens.

When a tenant stiffs me for the rent, I consider that the same as someone STEALING FROM ME.

Competition for the property is another issue, if you have no real competition in your price range for a 4/3/2, you can try it yourself, if there is stiff competition for that property, you'll be ahead by listing it.You can also exclude buyers known to you on your listing, allowing you to sell without a commission, if your list isn't too long.

But doing lots of this also exposes your plan to UBIT, which is nasty little tax with pretty stiff rates, essentially negating much of the growth you were expecting.As far as getting the company match on a 401k, with a 100% match, it would take 12 years for a non-401k with no match to overcome the 100% head start in the 401k, assuming 5% returns in the 401k and 12% in the non-401k.

You are in the perfect position to take advantage of a hot location, and you already have your property upgraded to go with the up and coming neighborhood.My advice is to send out stiff rent increases as soon as the end of the current lease approaches.  

If it is in the walls and we know what it may be (tobacco, pet, etc), we have a recipe (tsp, rinse, seal, paint)... or if it is from the floors, we clean or even pull the flooring (seal underneath refloor, etc)...One simple carpet one I use is sprinkling the large (13.5 lb)  bags of baking soda into the carpet (if carpeted)... work it into the floor with stiff broom, so it gets into carpet to pad.