As far as your rental that you currently own, I would change your expectations a little bit, 80% cash outs are hard to come by these days and the rates on the few products available are really high.

We could easily put in a ministorage down the road or some other high caprate investment.

They want high volume agents to generate income for themselves, and increase their stats.Yes, as a Realtor (not all agents are Realtors), you have to abide by the Code of Ethics. 

I know San Diego may seem more saturated but the occupancy rate there is still very high. 

For some people, investing in real estate passively, as you have done, is best because they have other obligations such as a high-powered job, family or just don't want to deal with the operational side of the business. 

also, I am exploring different funding options including HELOC, HEL, etc.Given current rates are quite high and sticky, how do you recommend to utilize these funding options?

Unless I know the General Partner and have high confidence, personally it seems risky to do a invest and forget method in real estate.

High leveraged OOS move in ready mls properties are unlikely to cash flow regardless of what agents try to represent.  

I should probably give some highly corporatized reply or something, but honestly seeing Alan and Kirt's names drawn into a public forum is hurtful to me.

The first person didn't do a good job with the market assessment and priced it high given the market.