Also, I am a little stuck in the sand at the moment. 

Overall, I learned there are many aspect sand parts in a Flip: from Realtor, City Inspector, City Code, Contractor, Designer etc.

@Varun Hegde - This is a good topic.Often a title policy is issued to "XYZ Entity or Individual(s) and/or it's assigns" – however unless the title company handling my closing can perform a date down from when the existing title policy is ordered and issue an update in my name, I purchase a new policy at closing and factor the cost into my offer price. 

I know cat urine can be extremely tough to get rid of and will have to possibly sand and deep clean floors and then seal them.Main question: Is it possible to fully remove the smell of cat urine?

My belief is there are 2 primary plays in coastal CA cities 1) patience (long term coastal CA RE has always produced good to great return) 2) value add.  

I jacked it up with a bottle jack, sistered up the old 2x6 floor joists with new 2x8's and problem solved for a few hundred bucks.

Would it be a better idea to invest in a single family home with only my personal capital, or partner with a colleague(s) and go 50/50 or 33/33/33 on a larger multi-unit property?

For a broker, reach out to Rob Arnold with Sand Dollar Realty.Do you need to get into a bigger house or just want to?

Best wishes i looked at the 3d printing  the machines are really expensive and the logistics can be pretty tough .. will not work well in super tight building lots or areas you need space for the machine and the big pile of sand :)  but on large lots and small acreage.. and the machine was I think 600 to 800k .. but then you own it..  

So far it has mostly been a deposit of sand.