I know when I write something you are going to chime in and point out where I am wrong.

Be it a hot market or a slow market, you can't go wrong if:1. 

WOW this is the way to go, how could it go wrong.

Air conditioning (Since you are in Cali, I think you guys need air conditioning more than heat, if I am wrong then switch it around)4.

Hey I'm still learning a bit here and there so please correct me if I'm wrong.

There's not a right or wrong way to do personal finance. 

If you do engage an environmental engineering company to do a Phase 1 report, be prepared for them to recommend a Phase 2 that would involve drilling soils samples as their further action recommended.

You might also factor timeline into this equation.Keep in mind that you aren't wrong about multiple doors under one roof, however, many other people have the same feeling you do, so that commodity in the market might be hot.

There are numerous blogs on how to vetted a PM, if I follow those guidelines, would that lessen my chances of finding the wrong PM?  

It's around $1800, yeah it looks like a bad one, but I'm betting on future tech companies (apple, google) to bring more positions to the city and appreciation might be able to cut it, but I could be totally wrong though.