With respect to money invested, what is the proper risk associated with the investment. 

I have no debt and a credit score of 686 (Was a 740 but due to fraud on a store cards it was maxed out which effect my score).

Have you thought about getting out of the east county burb of Poway and moving to SD proper?

When I got my license I was essentially broke (recently divorced and had to sell it all), but I got a box of business cards and I just started talking and handing it out whenever someone might need my phone number - whether or not they needed my services.That being said, what I have learned since late 2015 being in the trenches, I believed I never could have learned otherwise.

I grew up in an apartment building in Orange proper that was built in the late 1800s, when the Oranges were one of the first rich people suburbs.

That closing agent can provide the title insurance for both the AB and the BC because they know they will be recording AB and then BC in the proper order, and be able to confidently provide the title insurance commitment that indeed you ARE the owner of record at the time the BC transaction closes.If the C Buyer says that they want to buy it directly from A, tell them that would be impossible because you are already under contract to close on it.

That way they are prepared mentally, and the notice itself (needs to be a physical letter) do it properly (google it for CA law) can be short and to the point. 

But I hope there's someone else out there who works arguably as much as we do and can write off almost their whole lives, if done properly. 

If you haven't had the FHA loan for the proper amount of time it doesn't matter how long you lived there as a tenant. 

@Jon Sheffield, now that you've been properly seasoned, it's time for another purchase!