I’m definitely not looking to house hack, and not sure how I feel about flipping yet since I’m not that experienced.

We're building a payments + property management solution for small landlords at https://useatlas.co that's closer to venmo/cashapp, trying to make it really easy to both collect rent and manage properties.No pressure, but if you'd like to be an early user we're actively bringing landlords to beta.

I see that you're also in San Diego, so feel free to reach out to me by private message if you want to chat further. 

Feel free to reach out with any specific questions you got. 

Feel free to reach out if you’d like.

Also, after reading RPI by Brandon Turner, I'm aware of multiple strategies, but since I've never actually invested or bought a property yet, I feel like I'm overwhelemd by all the options, and find it hard to get started. 

I feel I have asked my CPA too many questions and want to see how other people handle this.

The owners are feeling pain from their property it could be the children who inherited the property, poor management leading to deferred maintenance, vacancies, and many other inefficiencies.Most owners in this spot are looking for a way to end the pain they are feeling and many will take a path that solves their problems and gives them something in return to justify the sale.

Personally I'm not a fan of getting pressured into a deal - if you don't feel good about rushing into the deal, it's better to back out.

If you would ever want to invest down in Southern California, please feel free to reach out.