Given your stage of life, this could be challenging but worthwhile if you’re confident in handling the stretch.Sell, and reinvest in cash-flow rentals: Using part of the equity to generate cash flow with out-of-state rentals could create a retirement income stream now while still capturing SoCal appreciation.

I need to find and engage both a lawyer and LIHTC financial consultant in the couple weeks.Specific questions I need help with right now:1.  

I joined Bigger Pockets in the hopes to connect with like minded individuals who would like to mentor and or just overall help one another so that everyone can be confident and achieve the best possible outcome as we embark on this Journey of investing. 

I definitely recommend that you seek out a Certified Cost Segregation Professional so that you are confident in the quality of the work performed and the deliverables produced.

Meetups are the best confidence supplement to books and podcasts in the world.

Awesome thread which will reinstate the confidence in flipping ;-)

The more you learn about properties and market dynamics, the more confident you'll feel when it's time to make your move.

Surround yourself with supportive people to build confidence and success in the industry.Good Luck!

Instead, target sellers who have an actual problem, sincerely engage them to learn the specifics, and then solve their problem (and ideally get paid)!

looking at their website I think investors would get a level of confidence..