Also wholesaling is tougher than it appears to be successful at it you would likely have to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on advertising to find seller leads, you likely aren't going to find anything that you can wholesale off of MLS unless you get a huge price reduction, and to do that you would need to find an agent willing to waste time writing many super lowball offers in the hopes that you get something. 

I'm doing my best to secure my portfolio for the years when financing is tougher and my balloon payments become due.Thank you in advance!

However, this could result in a law suit which even though you will not lose and you could possibly collect your expense would be a pain in the butt.In addition, I would fire the PM for cause and not worry about breaking the contract 1) PM has displayed provable incompetence 2) PM has not followed your direction which is grounds for immediate termination 3) PM has already displayed they are afraid to get their hands dirty in a legal battle and therefore are very unlikely to sue you because you have a good case for firing them and if they are afraid of a meritless lawsuit against them they certainly are not going to initiate their own losing law suit.Note if the dog is a service animal then the merits of the case are tougher. 

No question it's generally tougher for women in most aspects of this business.

It gets a bit tougher if you're trying to push values in a certain area but you just have to plan for that.

It might be tougher to get a loan in your personal name with 2 properties. 

The lower quality the asset the tougher the tenants are.

Land is tougher than houses but you can get a lower LTV construction loan most likely.

If you are thinking of the Oakland/Bay area it will be tougher than say Sonoma county just because of the density and pricing issues. 

The real estate industry is one of the most competitive industries out there today and as the market fluctuates, the competition gets tougher.