And continue the process.  

It has been profitable for us but competition has risen in recent years so we continually work to refresh our places and marketing approaches.

@Fed Finjap now you're better prepared if you continue to scale and eventually hire a PMC!

In fact, invest outside Calif for sure.I suggest you continue to rent and buy an investment property first.

Many banks securitize their loans (bundle them together) and sell the loans to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, while continuing to service the loans, that is collect your payment.

Long term goal is to continue building my portfolio of investment properties. 

I don't know how to make this happen but the numbers work well, so I'm looking for creative advice/equity partners/private money/hard money  for how to make this happen, and then when my business sells I can pay back the loan and find financing at that point to continue the rehab.

Stay away, I made the mistake of buying one house through them in Palm Bay which has had continual problems.

They continue to add features which has been helpful and welcome.

I think he was upset because I used him in the past and he may have expected that I would continue with his services.