The low income versus high cost of living is referred to locally as the sunshine tax. https://www.businessinsider.com/most-expensive-places-to-liv...https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sandiegocitycal...It is my view that the incomes cannot sustain the high cost of housing in San Diego but it has seemed this way to me for four decades and yet the RE prices keep increasing.  

I think you are referring to Jorge from AHP. 

Do you check Landlord references?

@Jonathan Greene you didn't, that comment was more in reference to other responses on the thread.

I'm not the fair housing landlord expert but I'd probably steer away from referring to it as "veteran housing"Either way I can relate to your situation a little because I also own a house that is shared by multiple people.

Just like any business, the reward is big but STR requires a lot of dedication and self sacrifice. 

I reached out to RTR, they referred me to another contractor which gave me a bid that would increase the construction cost by 100K - or they offered to buy as is and I would take a 160K loss.It is terrible to fell this dumb!

We have references that we can provide from other investors and we definitely complete every project that we start.

This is a great read and references some of the points that other people in this thread have mentioned about building a team.

STR can provide more cash (potentially), but its a high risk high reward strategy - if you invest in the furniture, staging, photos, and management or self manage, there is a lot of time and money invested.