That family will probably stay in that house forever.

I currently have a tenant that wants to stay. 

Because my goals are aligned with staying in a specific area and not out of state investing. but if  the numbers you want to get ($150 a door & 10% COC) are only out of state you can either follow your numbers or stay as a local investor. but if you dont know which type of investor you wanna(aka your goals) be its gonna be impossibel to make that choice

That experience has stayed with me and I am now quite interested in getting involved in the industry.

In California, the cities practice progressive discipline (warnings) before issuing a fine.  

I want to stay above 750 in my rentals assuming single family.

I get all the perspective and thanks for sharing; so I can assume that the guarantor requirement is going to stay regardless and there is no avoiding that until we have some "skin" in the game....?

I use it for project/task management at my non real estate related job and am planning on using it to stay on task in my real estate endeavors.

I’m thinking of wholesaling route to get in the game, because of our desire to stay away from debt as much as possible even with real estate.

Remember to stay flexible.