Need more pictures to really be able to tell.This type of work is fairly easy if you know what you are doing, just time consuming and bit of a pain working in tight quarters.

After being given The 4 Hour Work Week and then Rich Dad Poor Dad forever ago. 

In order to find a deal, I’ve spent a lot of my time first listening to BP, I took the real estate salesperson class, read a number of books, articles and anything else I can consume to first learn the how first and decide what type of investing I want to do (buy and holds).

She wanted to forever, but was nervous.

Just buy off the MLS from a regular homeowner that's been there forever with no updates.

There should be a tab that says "events," click on that, and it should take you to a page where there is a map, and it should give you the option to type in San Diego, CA to look for events.

I work for the consumer direct division at my company so we’re primarily competing with online lenders, and most of them (our company included) offer float downs when there is a 125bp+ improvement during the process and there’s a risk of losing the loan.

However, the county is taking forever to calculate the exact amount for back property taxes owed.

I'm learning a ton of information, but how did you get from consuming real estate information to ending up in your first deal? 

They'll last practically forever and they keep tenants from screwing around with breakable bulbs and shades that you'll have to replace when they are inevitably broken.