Negative interest rates can wake up the underutilized resources and be an effective tool to encourage investments, with less side effect, i.e. inflation, than west European countries. 

@Mike Lopez It takes a lot to customize Podio to be an effective CRM for a wholesale business.

@Justin Wawrzyniak the easiest and most effective way to manage your rentals like a pro is to start using a property management software that will automate most of your tasks. 

If you can get your living expenses down, utilize your VA loan effectively and get an income producing primary residence, it's hard to go wrong! 

I agree with @Nathaniel Hovsepian in that if you are cash flowing, a short-term drop in value has no effect if you are not forced to sell.

Yes, folks, MAREI make money when you buy training: Money used to pay for the meeting room, money used to support the networking and training events, money used to manage their online groups on your behalf (MAREI'S is just shy of 10,000), to advocate on your behalf, and because doing all of that is a full time plus job for one or even two people, it pays them money to live on or it pays staff to do the work.

San Diego is a tough market for cash flow (initially) but adding units seems to be an effective way to overcome the rent ratio. 

@Ryan Bonheyo as most have mentioned, having multiple mortgages will not have a big effect on your scores.

That's how we originally started looking at investments but as we got into it more, we made a goal of how much cash flow we wanted long term and then made a spreadsheet to calculate how many months it would take to get there, changing different factors like down payment amounts, cash flow, etc. to see the effects on the timeline.

Market effectively, price correctly, vet prospective tenant/buyers, and you should be fine.