How long will the early bird pricing last?

If it requires me to be there to make it perform for cash flow then it is a job.

The biggest challenges in fix-and-flip investing often involve securing reliable financing with favorable terms.

so, whatever the comps that you need to target are - you go for thosein terms of getting desired rents, certainly finishes will come into play a little bitand then of course you want a safe, high quality rentalone thing to note that is not often pointed out is that, with a BRRRR, the higher you boost the ARV, the higher your mortgage payment is going to be and the lower your cash flowso a few things to consider herehope this helps

This is a single family home and was originally a primary residence before turning it into an long-term rental.Some strategies I'm considering to grow my portfolio are using a HELOC/1039 tax exchange to purchase a second investment property/multi-family property or refinancing my current investment property into a conventional loan to utilize another FHA loan for a primary residence (with the idea of eventually turning that into another long-term rental).I currently have a 7% interest rate, and am considering refinancing in the coming months if/when the rates drop.

I stay north of hwy 8 because I live in north county but I believe the markets most likely to out perform San Diego general RE market are all in South Bay.  

I am new to real estate investing and thinking of starting off by doing a "house hack" via renting out the unused basement as a short term rental (AirBNB, Vrbo etc) in my single family home which is used as primary residence.

Dan, you might want to check out the Short Term Rental forum here on Bigger Pockets too.Also, in the past week, there is some disturbing news from the city council in OC. 

All of the value would be considered long term capital gains and so I was trying to see if I could instead 1031 exchange the proceeds into an investment property which I’ll eventually move into and sell with the primary residence deduction.

Using their in house lenders can help substantially with loan terms.