I will be contacting my bank shortly to see if I can work with them to figure out a price range that I can work with for looking at a house as well as see if they have any agents.

My first property is $50 short from covering my whole mortgage and I replaced a few cap Ex items that I built into the contact that the seller paid for.

I have a lot of confidence of on-going short-term rent appreciation (next 5 years) but less confidence of significant on-going property appreciation (I expect a leveling off but am not real confident of any prediction).High end homes (bigger and more expensive) have worse cash flow than middle class or working class homes.Note a small multiplex or your 16+ unit will experience similar rent and property appreciation to your SFR and have better initial cash flow (it will be poor initial cash for San Diego but increase with the rent appreciation).To summarize, SFR are not the best buy n hold investment option in San Diego. 

So that is where my journey started.I decided shortly after that to really take a look at my spending habits and see just exactly how I spent my money.

In the short term, I am only focusing on properties located in Ohio.  

If it doesn't work out they get the money back in short time with other investments.    

Hey @Brock LarameeHave you considered living in the unit for a short time frame and then moving out and using the cash flow to rent somewhere more desirable.

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I'm guessing this is a reference to STR/AirBnB type setups and the answer should be "No" even if I'm renting month to month so long I'm not doing short term rentals??

I would connect with some wholesalers in the area.Also, there are some alternative ways to invest in Real estate for a big return.. for example, there is a desperate need for corporate rentals (furnished short-medium term leases) that pay 3 times per month what a traditional lease would demand.