It's only temporary so if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Can you fill out all the paperwork or do you need to hire someone...Architect, surveyor, legal and compliance, insurance, all the temporary things you need to rent and maintain, where will you source general labor, are materials for the houses you plan available in Southern California...

@Michael Blackwell great information, yeah the challenge with house hacking multiple bedrooms is finding our own privacy...but I understand that the basis of a house hacking strategy is temporary inconvenience for a long term benefit! 

I renovated all the work the city inspector asked me to fix on the temporary CO, but I did not close the permits.  

Here is how we addressed it at the time: (We needed a temporary situation to seal off a room for a 12 months lease. )With our method when you need to bring back the door way, you will only have screw holes and painting to do.

Your investment today will likely make you several times your money back in additional interest payments for a temporary period of time.

That approach might not get you into the house, but you could offer the landlord an opportunity to buy out the lease which would help you with temporary space and the next rental.You are probably out of luck if the lease says the landlord can cancel the lease.

@Esi Okpetu$10,000 for foundation repair seems minorI would have an engineer do a second opinion and see if the repair is a permanent fix or temporary fix with issuing come back later

Those returns were financially engineered.Combine the leverage issue with the general doubling/tripling of per door rehab costs to "typically" get the same $200/mo premium, fairly high number of new construction deliveries in most major metros (temporary impact, assuming continued population growth), insurance and taxes growing, payroll growing, etc.All that being said, it really comes down to needing to be very selective on deals.  

@Yolanda Salas thanks this information helps a lot, When you say Property Manager do you recommend I use them for the long haul or just temporary until I get all my ducks in a row?