(BTW, I've created a spreadsheet to estimate the rental income required to qualify for specific properties and am happy to share it with anyone interested).After conducting some research and attending open houses, I found very few properties that meet my financial criteria within San Diego.

There is no way to know what the lending landscape and his options will be in five years from now - that type of loan could still be available or there could be some differences - including nuance with the specific property, location, etc

I highly advise you research the bill which can still be vetoed by the Governor. 

As a PM, I would be worried if a new owner did not ask me at least some of the following:- Company Specifics: first question should be are they licensed (how many properties do you manage, what type/class of properties do you manage, how many property managers on the team, how many years have they been in operation)- Pricing (what is the cost to manage the property (ies), is there a leasing fee (commission structure), is there an onboarding fee, is there an early termination cost, are there ad-hoc costs for maintenance, tenant screening, or miscellaneous costs - such as to appear in court if you have an eviction)- Service offerings (do you have a maintenance team, do you come equipped with a list of contractors/vendors, do you offer the software and portal access for tenants/owners, etc.)- Financial Services (you (owner) should think about what you want the PM to handle, if it is everything from paying bills to insurance procurement to P&L statements then ask that, if you don't want the PM so heavily involved in financials and just more on the surface level of the operations of the property then that is okay too!

please chime in with advise. 

A few specific questions I have are listed below:1.

Would love to conenct to hear more about the specifics and try to point you in the right direction. 

I appreciate you sharing some specifics on the risks with a real life example ( I have not been paying attention to that detail, so that is good education for me).I do get the idea that if it's a good year, I am missing out on good TSP compounding due to a loan for real estate. 

Can you provide more details on the specific tasks you wouldn't do?

I believe the one that does my tax mentioned using scorp due to our income but i seen its not advised to put real estate under scorp