Any advice/ thoughts is greatly appreciated.I have a degree in computer science and would love to trade real estate knowledge/advice for code+website help, if anyone is interested!

All that matters is the relationships you have with the loan traders and their perceived ability that you'll close on time.

Heck, if I were in your shoes I'd even divide that amount and invest half into proven stocks and the other half on cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. 

Cozy, Zelle, Venmo, Paypal, ACH deposit, e-checks, Pay-Near-Me, deposit slips, bitcoin.

Plus the trades are aging fast and many will retire and we have a generation of college kids come up who can't tell a 2x4 from a 2x8.Sub 300k inventory (in our market) is the lowest and limited to existing homes - the cost of land, materials and labor force builders into the 400-600 range, so starter homes are like bit-coin: finite supply.Wrapping it all up I dont believe we will see an economic slow down have significant impact on the RE markets - at least certainly not to the tune for 2008.

(And there are expensive courses to teach you how to do that as a day trader in stocks with your own money, too, that are worth just as much as these real estate investment courses.) 

During my time in college I made some lucky investments in bitcoin and marijuana stocks.

@Eddie StarrCheck out  Robert Hytha https://www.facebook.com/FIXnotes/I think his company is a trader of  non performing construction loans.

The cemetery in on South Higuera is very low profile and will not likely affect property prices that much with your proximity to the green space, Trader Joes, Vons, and several schools within 5 miles.

Somehow they turned from collector card trading site to a Bitcoin trading site, to oops looks like some stuff is gone.