Sorta sounds lime the showing went well and she sseemed really nice and that was good enough for you?

His credit is VERY bad..no one will loan to him for a reason..is this reason good enough or explainable for you to take a risk for him defaulting on the loan or filing bankruptcy on you? 

Are the applications through Zillow rental manager good enough for people who use a different property management software/website?

.- Access to marketing and established system (they've been successfully done it for quite some time)- Bottom line: income from my construction company would be greatly improved- IF, and I say IF, I'm good enough, I can still pick up flips and have one of my crews take care of it for me, while managing their projects.  

If you plan on using financing for investment property you will need to put down 20% + closing cost unless you find a good enough deal to use hard money to refinance. 

In today's market, that ballpark estimate is just not good enough.

How you will find a multi-family in the OC (or anywhere in SoCal for that matter) that has a good enough price-to-rent ratio that will allow you to actually profit is something I'd have no idea to tell you on.

Any reason why realtor.ca isnt good enough?

If its good enough, you;ll find the money....either with this guy or with someone else. 

As far as coming up with the funds, I spoke with some family members who are willing to invest with me and split everything down the middle if the deal is good enough and they also approve of it.