And we'll still have excess cash to do deals as well.

Thanks Jay,As I mentioned in my reply to Caleb.Influencing an appraisal is a walk in the park.If you buy cash or even with finance it doesn't matter.Find the right people who's ethics are through the roof and that have a proven track record.I'll take it as far and say that even if a turnkey company sells you a property for more than what it's worth.As long as they are willing to go along for the long haul ride, then you are good.There are too many operators that will just flog the product and disappear soon after.Turnkey real estate is about cashflow.If you want fat equity in a deal or a "Deal Of The Century" type property.Don't buy turnkey and do the work yourself.Just my opinionThanks again mate

ASAP ideally, but I need a bit of non-9-5 income or excess free cash flow so as to not strangle the REI portfolio growth.

Use an FHA to purchase a home in San diego last year at 95% LTV and your return on investment would be in excess of 100%. 

The fat days are gone, welcome to the new normal. 

California charges a minimum tax of $800 a year per LLC, and more if you have gross receipts in excess of $250k.

@Kashif Ali Khan First, you'll need to make them aware through text, email and ideally a USPS tracked envelope that you intend to keep their security deposit (you should have collected this at the beginning of the lease) and all the excess damages. 

You have $5,000; based on your comments above, your parents aren't millionaires with excess cash sitting and you don't have a full ride to college, thus this $5,000 is important towards your college. 

To add the cherry on top , was the spiked punchbowl of free money which further resulted in the excessive bidding up of real estate values.

The government created inflation through excessive, wasteful spending.