After six years, I've decided to follow my heart and pursue a career in REI.I'm a self-starter, diligent worker, and hope to some day own my own REI business.  

If everything is new or almost new, then holding onto it becomes more enticing since you've already sunk that capital, provided your 'rental expenses' don't negate your cashflow entirely.If it looks like selling is the wiser move, you can absolutely use $100k to build a good starter portfolio in a cheaper market.

Cal only does cheap, single family starter homes.

My goal is to pursue a multifamily, ideally a duplex for starters and work my way up from there. 

@Pamela Bunkley the topic starter is not a regular newcomer.

@Anthony Dooley  very true I had to do normal retail inspection fix's to get my properties sold.. about 3 to 7k per property to get retail for them.well this could also be starter housing ...

It's a great read for starters

So for starters you could ask her if she actually has a Certified ESA diagnosis that you can verify with her Dr.Legal reasons a landlord can deny an ESA include: The animal is too large for the accommodation size. 

Just some thought starters.

It doesn't have to be high end, it can be a starter home.