Since the value of the property should remain static at best and might actually decrease over the time involved and the highest bid amount probably would not increase, any overage going to the OP will decrease. 

In this time of expectations of rate decreasing I dont recommend buying points.

Those investors who want the LLC but won't pay for it (ie move Title back and forth and get commrecial fiancing) APPEAR to be messing with their corporate veil anyway.Its up to you, but you should do it correctly.Oh, other issues with moving TItle back and forth include invalidating your Title Insurance policy and decreasing the validity of the Chain of Title by using quit claim deeds.The protective benefits of the LLC are commonly touted. 

If there is a downturn, estimate if your property can whether the storm with a certain percentage of decreased rents and increased vacancy.I have reduced my buying but I am out there building my network and expanding my target area.

We have $100k cash right now and we're trying to figure out if it's worth it to put the cash we have into refinancing Property 2 based on income generated, decreased value, etc.

Only thing I need now is try and decrease the amount of time it takes me to walk through a property and populate the data.  

I realigned the lock and the bore in the jam and the amount of jamming has decreased and the battery life has increased. 

First cost decreases always lag cost increases in terms of speed of change.

LA didn't have as much of an upswing in home values over the last ten years compared to the other areas but I also don't want to buy at the top of the market (which is San Diego right now, although may be doubtful it decreases - some places up 110%).

This as well as a number of other factors have increased the inventory of annual rentals thus decreasing the rent prices drastically.