Explore furnishing it as a medium term rental maybe. 

Here are a few ideas to explore that might help you get closer to homeownership in San Diego without selling:Cash-Out Refinance:Refinancing one or both of your El Centro properties could free up additional cash for a down payment without selling.

Explore multifamily or out-of-state investments for higher yields.Setting up an LLC provides liability protection but has no tax benefit for you now.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Get the property in your name, make sure that the seller is an additional insured.

Real estate investing has been a passion of mine for time with my mother also having invested early on where I likely have gotten the love and desire to follow similar foot steps.I have taken last 6 months to educate myself and currently own a single family home as primary residence and would like to expand to multi family properties (2-4 units) for additional stream of income, not to mention potential tax benefits for long-term investing.Based on current living situation, I have a fair amount of equity established in my primary residency along with having enough cash to either pay off house completely or use towards investing in a multi family property.Given that I'm the sole source of income for our household with my wife being the home maker for our two kids under 2, trying to weigh out risks with getting started now or perhaps waiting. 

Most of the time, an ADU will cost 100k just for that part and then you have to actually build the cosmetic part for an additional 40-50k. 

(Launch Control allows you to send follow ups after 30 days and costs a bunch to get additional market phone number)But wanted to ask anyone who has used Smarter Contact:- If you disabled the opt-out msg for your SMS, did any of your messages get blocked by the carrier?

Not only do they not repay funds, they claim we owe them additional funding for renovations that never actually happen. 

Quote from @Eric Huntermark: Additionally, as I'm thinking about conventional loan products as well.

My goal is to grow this business by expanding my investor network and seeking properties that will allow for additional scalability.