Previously talked with a multi family RE broker who left me with a lot of questions and seemed to kind of blow me off when he realized I didn't have $500k in my pocket right this minute.

@Monica McCabe  Hey Monica and welcome to Bigger Pockets!

When it is time to move from San Diego you would rent the unit you are living in ideally producing cash flow that easily can pay for a good PM and still leave some cash flow to go into your pocket. 

@Conrad Legé  Hey Conrad and welcome to Bigger Pockets!

I just recently created a Facebook page and i'm just starting my bigger-pockets account.

You can contact him directly and try to work out some sort of deal to get the lien released prior to close, but if he knows you're going to close he has little incentive to cooperate and it sounds like he knows the game better than you do.

That's money in my pocket!

Seeing as we are in some phase of construction on dozens of for sale homes right now, we cant ignore the market and just play the long game. 

They usually want you to have skin in the game, so probably 20% down again, but at least with flipping you'll get the money back, plus your profits, within 3-4 months (If everything works out of course). 

@Jensy Matute Hey Dan and welcome to Bigger Pockets!