Should I try to find a job at night again (hard to find in my area and field) and just hustle hard until I can qualify based off that income?

Good luck and enjoy it! 

@Kyle Cooper I won't ever own a home with a pool unless I'm grown with a wife and kids and we are all able to enjoy it to where the opportunity far outweighs the cost.

Most lenders require 2 years of employment history in the same field.

I would suck it up and start fielding and interviewing for a new quality PM who will do their job, do it well, and than you can focus on being the investor not PM's assistant.  

If there's key information missing or some of my assumptions are wrong, just make some up.This is my first post - I tried googling this.As I wrote this I realized: -individual homes are normally custom built with the intention for the owner to live and enjoy that house, so a lone house being built to sell is unlikely. housing developments add scale

The thing about CA is that some people are leaving to enjoy a less expensive way of living.

Real Estate Professional vs. a Passive InvestorTo become a real estate professionals, you have to spend more than half of your time working in real estate-related fields.

Typically lenders want to see a 2 year history in the field.

Would enjoy an outdoor coffee sometime.