And it is usually difficult to recommend areas without context, as you never know what price point and property class someone is targeting.

I would also recommend including a sample deal evaluation.I heard about this on a BP Podcast about a year ago, and I used to start a bunch of investor relationships.Investors want to know how you will approach a deal.

The recommendation here is to always get prequalified (it's free to do) and that will prevent us from losing money when we make offers.Check out this post I wrote on finding good lenders HERE. 

I recommend people enter RE at this time only if it is a passion and they are extremely motivated and hard working.  

I checked with one of the lenders recommended in the lender finder but I don't qualify due to the amount of the HELOC not reaching the minimum pull out amount of $50K.

If you're simply seeking leverage for additional properties you can tap banks and hard money/private money lenders.

Does anyone have any quickbooks alternatives that work for class tracking and or can recommend an accountant (ideally in the San Diego area) that would be able to get us going in the right direction?  

Also what do people recommend for remodeling?

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Contractor was slow, so I started my own team Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?