(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

Besides Furnished Finder, what are the other websites worth posting on for mid-term rentals?

@Deep RonThe website neighborhoodscout.com is good for looking at demographics, especially crime and vacancy.

Here is my website in case it helps crehou.com

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

Finally, I pulled down the proof of insurance from their website portable.

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?

If legal, is there anything specific that I need to include in the agreement other than the sale date and sale price to make it ironclad ?