You should attend a meetup soon.

That will affect the value of your lease as well.Typically best to worst as example backing the lease:Taco Bell:Yum brands corporate guarantee (10,000 plus stores)Subsidiary of YUM brands corporate ( example 10 states and 600 stores)Large franchisee ( long time operator with say 100 plus units and decades as an operator)Small Franchisee ( a couple to maybe 5 units etc.)Non- brand tenant (Joe's Taco's) that has no franchisor or support system.   

In the couple years that I started doing what they say to do I've hit multiple 6 figure income, quit my job, and spend a lot more time with my family.

I've been investing for 9 or so years and I will always check with my realtor about every 6 months to see if any new lending has popped up that she's aware of.I know for a fact that a couple of investors in my area are now using my lender strictly based off referrals from a previous seller realtor that saw how I was closing my deal with their buyer.

Evaluating investing in multifamily & single-family homes in San Diego, however, from podcasts and seminars I have started attending, many investors mention San Diego is not the best market for this.

Now, your soil profile will not change that dramatically over your life time... and if a couple of inches of topsoil washes away, it will not affect the pile.

A couple say 1% year five till maturity.I realize everything is negotiable.

(We will be stationed here for a couple more years.)Eventually my goal is to have several rentals to keep a steady cash flow going and to do flips on the side.

I have been calling attorney's, and getting a couple of different courses of action all saying this situation is easily in my favor.

You can google street view the streets and see how many board ups are there - and if there are more than a couple you may have trouble finding tenants.