Top 5 school districts are 1) Poway (there is no school district in the state that is bigger than Poway school district that ranks as high as Poway) 2) San Dieguito Union High, 3) Coronado, 4) San Marcos (I found this surprising), and 5) Carlsbad (as Paul indicated it has good schools).Before I looked it up I had not realized San Marcos school district ranked so high. 

SF growth appears to be rank 22 combined stats area nationwide.RankCombined.Statistical.Area2015 EstimateCumulative Change1Cape Coral-Fort Myers-Naples, FL1,059,28712.66%2Houston-The Woodlands, TX6,855,06912.11%3Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL3,129,30811.04%4Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC2,117,10310.68%5Denver-Aurora, CO3,418,87610.61%6Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK7,504,36210.08%7Nashville-Davidson?

As HUD states, you can require "reliable" sources, which could be within your local region (unless the applicant is new to the area), and explicitly reject "online" sources.You also can still have "reasonable" restrictions, such as requiring a recent Veterinarian report that proves the animal is in good health and well cared for and identifies the breed, weight and other identifying elements.

If one is starting out in a house (live first for a couple of years then sell or rent) that needs work (structural and dated elements), what do you recommend?

It's always nice to have another hard-core real estate fan join our ranks.

If nothing else, gives you a lot to research about the business (e.g. tax-deferred investment vehicles, how to package deals for private/hard money, elements to consider for deal assessment, etc.)

Once he has some reviews -- which pushes him up the Airbnb search rankings -- then you start to increase your rental rate.

The regularity of activities and transactions and the production of income are important elements. 

The city is ranked the #1 mid-sized city in the USA for new business start ups.

You can also lose everything, which is why money management and risk management are the most crucial elements of successful day trading and more importantly those are why nearly all day traders fail.