The insurance check is based on replacing asphalt shingles.

You can usually tell demand for 1 bedrooms based on the price versus similar 2 bedrooms. 

There are 2 areas in San Diego that I believe are likely to out perform the general San Diego RE market (and I am not invested in either due to distance from my base).  1) west Chula Vista (CV).  

I haven't had any experience with it personally, but I have some contacts at Bee Safe, a brand based in Greensboro, NC and focused on climate-controlled storage facilities in retail locations.  

A cabinet painting business ran as a cash based sole-proprietor and I’m an insurance adjuster operating out of an S-Corp.

Every property in a location can perform differently based on many different variables.Just find properties you like and evaluate them individually. 

The ironic part (based on Realtor.com claiming crime mapping penalizes black and Latino communities) is that my neighborhood in Crenshaw was pretty much all black and Latino. 

There you will be matched with 3-5 investor friendly realtors that can help get these answers for you. 

The main face behind them is Ron Phillips (never spoken with him though) they are based out of Utah but do business where the numbers work well.

Helocs must also be calculated in underwriting based on fully exhausted payment meaning even if you only use a portion during the next purchase they underwriter will hit you with the full payment for risk.Cash out on the other hand is a liquid reserve tax free and it only requires (1) mortgage/lien.