If you have your tenants paying heat you should mandate it be with your vendor of choice so the same tank can remain in place.The fuel provider will also very likely run a credit check on the tenant so be prepared for that. 

I am connected with several lenders that do small loan amounts nationwide, as well as large lines of credit, assuming that the home is an investment and not personal use.

Also, it should be easy to find hard money, and maybe even a credit union that will lend if they could be in first position.That's all I can think of right now.

As well as for financing, as worst case scenario I have a large line of credit as well as a few private sources I can use to get it financed.Is that for everyone?

If you are relying on this house to purchase next one, I would suggest taking out a Line of credit on this house to purchase next hour  and renting this house for the 1031 exchange. 

If you got $50,000 in credit cards at 0% interest for 12 months.

lets see no money down interest only... well that was a go to product in 04 to 06 it was called pic a payment.you get get neg am or interest only or fully amortized you picked the payment. you could do no doc just needed decent credit.. first and second  etc etc.. those loans no longer exist and for very good reason.

Water heater, furnace etc,...For a $30K loan I will try credit union w/o points or fees. 15 year is too long for a loan of this size. 

Some of my thoughts regarding the survey as it pertains to San Diego: 1) our best purchase ever was in Sept 1999 when we were last in the better rent than buy category 2) the cash flow in San Diego has always ranged between poor and ok.  

Also, I would recommend finding a real estate agent that you trust, and begin talking to lenders (banks, mortgage brokers, credit unions, etc.)