My agent said she's done short sales, but her other words imply she doesn't have any idea what I'm talking about.

I ran a cost of living calculator and it implied I would need something like 2 or 3 times my current salary in Austin working as a software engineer to live as comfortably in SF/Bay Area.

That is more difficult to attain.If you assume a 20% rent annual increase you imply all tenants will not stay, then you should use 100% vacancy after first year. 

This does not necessarily imply a job that has to pay a ton, but a job that allows you to save a lot. 

I have seen posts on this forum that implied otherwise, so I appreciate the clarification!

Wally responded that he was coding himself a minvan (implying he is adding a lot of bugs for him to fix).I suspect you see the analogy.Good luck

Rewey  I have nothing against mom and pop seller carry back.. my only point is that all the HOW TO TRAINERS kind of pitch the same thing.. and folks I know in that end have been struggling for a bit now with deal flow.. you can always find them.but as one who takes back seller carry backs.. over the years I usually get 10 plus direct mails per one if not more.. so to me its kind of hit and miss.. for sure some will jumpAnd I think I mentioned now.. even on our commercial notes there is a few NY companies that blow up my phone every week wanting to buy our notes.. so I know its competitive just based on me being a little guy doing a 500 to a million a month in notes. 

For example, he implies that buyers of his houses do not need to worry about performing due diligence.

Brrrr implies high leverage (high LTV) to extract investment.  

Drop 20 lbs by continuing working out consistently with my trainer.2.