With the potential for value Add here and a lot of space in the yard I can see this being a viable property for a house hack by adding bed/bathrooms.

It might be easy to fence a portion of their yard, as long as your friendly, polite and want more than a one night stand, um, stay.

My maintenance/cap ex number starts at $250 (attached 2 br, 1 ba, low maintenance yard with minimal hardscape, already well maintained, less than 50 years old) and goes up from there.Initial Cash flow in San Diego is challenging at investor LTV.  

No matter what though, it's still closer to a workable deal that what I've seen in those I've run in my back yard here (again, newbie so take that with a grain of salt). 

This particular bear is probably looking for properties with large yards and pools (in preparation for the hot summers back in the forest).

Clean up the outside and make yard presentable to your likingBonus* double check the things you deemed good during your initial planning.This happened to me one time. 

Back gate you'll have a lot of your typical 3/2 type homes that are going for closer to $140/sqft currently, think like 1500-1600 sqft type of stuff with fenced yards for ~$210kish. 

The requirement is a minimum of a single trash 1 yard trash can for each unit in the building.

it does not seem that hard at your household salary   Consider Pivot from your planned two step approach to purchasing a detached duplex with each unit having its own yard space.  

Do they need a quick cosmetic update whether it be a bit of yard work or new paint and flooring?