And depreciation won't ever be a major hindrance (neither will the opposite, but that's not why you're buying there).

@Thomas Richardson Welcome to the best ever real estate place in the world.

I would intern at what ever real estate companies your interested in.My daughter was interested in finance.. and she interned during collage with a high level appraisal company that did apprasing for emanate domain cases.. and she worked on the one in Napa CA were the state and city bought out a big swatch of the napa river for flood control project and many business had to be relocated from hotel to shopping center to car dealer all of them needed to be valued.. it was high level work she enjoyed it.she then went on to graduate top of her class at Davis CA.. in managerial economics degree and promptly got snapped up my Intel after offers from Apple and Micro soft.now 14 years later she is a SEnior controller and a Dave Ramsey disciple which means at her age home just about paid for 2 kids in grade school and NO debt and a ton of savings and max's out her 401k.. she has little interest in real estate she owns one rental but only rents it to family. that was her path.  

To make a long story short, I moved back to North County San Diego and have held the condo as a rental ever since. 

If you’d ever want to connect for coffee and brain storm more I’d be happy to.

Yeah, don't ever do that.

Let me know if you have any questions.I also host a casual monthly meetup for the KC area with a few other super cool local investors.Make it a point to join us if you're ever in town.

She doesn’t, want to lose money, I don't want to overpay, will we ever come to an agreeance?

Did you ever find an answer to this? 

@Jerimie RodriguezDid you ever find an approved 203K contractor?