Those were my primary reasons. 

As for listing agents, they have two primary jobs: to advise on listing price and to help sellers review and counter buyer offers. 

It's also worth mentioning that I already have a good relationship with a wholesaler in town who knows other good contacts, and I am able to use some of these contacts as good resources for general knowledge and learning how it all works.I recently had to close my business of 9 years, and so instead of getting a W2 job or start some other "normal" business, I'd much rather prefer to have house flipping be my primary source of income. 

Also, I payed my mom’s mortgage on her primary which I can rent here in San Diego which would help with the mortgage but I rather not use that in the calculations to avoid over leveraging myself.

If you’re planning on buying your new primary nearby, it will make being a first-time landlord much less stress inducing.

I'm 30 with a family of four, just bought my first primary home this year.

This way you can fix up your primary residence to build equity and also add a cash flowing rental.

Neither for that matter will a DSCR loan when/if you go to get a full primary home loan for example for the same reasons.

There are another 20-30 questions I could ask before I could even begin to advise.EDIT - It looks like in Aurora, it needs to be your primary residence if you want to STR the property.https://www.auroragov.org/resi...

Assuming the insurance premiums don’t significantly impact my cash flow (which is one of my primary goals), how do you assess the risk of taking out a loan under my personal name versus opting for a commercial loan that requires a larger down payment and comes with a higher interest rate?