I own a home (primary residence) in Corona, California and i am planning to buy another house in another expensive area (Irvine, CA) which is close to work place because i am spending 2 hours in traffic everyday.My current residence is in 15 years mortgage and paying $3000 as monthly mortgage plus tax and insurance.

If the seller doesn't want to fix the problem or drop the price then we walk with no harm no foul.As far as the "hoping a family moves out" that should be on the shoulder of the seller as a stipulation in buying the property.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each don’t cover.

Is there any harm in making a ton of low balls as long as you strategically contact one agent per week etc?

While it is anticipated that this tight labor market will continue to worsen and harm the cost of materials, this lack in the labor force does not seem to have had a sizable impact on the cost of materials at this time.

If I had known I was using him, wasting his time, and undermining the first agent I'd bought with, I never would have done it, but that didn't make it right.I managed to harm a friendship because of my behaviors, and I learned that you're better off trusting one good realtor and allowing him or her to work for you.

It is not fair, smart or constitutional to decide that rental property owners alone should bear the burden of providing this cost, regardless of the harm to the property owners.

I have stayed in corporate housing and they are nice, unfortunately, there is none I could find on the location I was looking and I don't want to be farther than 20 min driving from my work place (Hill AFB). 

Hi Cody,He was shot, and threatened to harm you, and you have to ask?

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.