To be clear, I’m not against financing, but since I don’t know too much about what I’m doing I feel like it’d be easier to own a property outright and get some experience with landlording to determine how much financing I’d be comfortable with after maybe a year’s worth of rental income.

Lots of deals "in the works" but nothing at the moment.Unless find a way to get more deals in front of me, two things will happen:* My money will sit idle while waiting for a deal, reducing my effective yield* I may have to settle for a lower return among my few choicesHow do I go about opening the deal flow floodgates?

I am not familiar with San Diego, but I would believe market value and rental income are appreciating at a steady clip?

Despite the Interest rate and Housing Crises, there are many people who are realizing the importance of Cash flow and Passive Income, and with current Interest rates, is it Realistic to seek a Cash Flow Positive rental investment, considering that you have bare minimum equity in the Property?

Also because my partner and I have family here, so we do not want to venture too far for our first property.We want to start off house hacking to reduce our living expenses, but specifically looking for properties that will cash flow once we move out of that unit.

He needs to show verifiable proof of income to confirm he can afford the rent.

The trick will be to find one that has enough rental income to offset the taxes so you can make some money.

Did they receive any profits from the net income, sale, loan, etc ?  

Think all the expenses and potential income of the property.

With prices as high as they are and income not keeping up I think more and more families will buy property together.