Now you can imagine how I think the home is going to be left after someone has lived there for 7yrs. 

Some may not want to bring you on but I imagine you will find a few that are more than happy to have you join their team.

I get more deals from referrals now then I could have ever imagined.

I only want to provide the best service imaginable to the sellers & buyers that I attempt to do business with.Again, I sincerely hope that everyone is having a great day; and as always Good Luck in all your real estate endeavors!

I imagine to title company will not insure or pass title without the situation resolved or the 3rd n 4th cooperation.The mortgages are recorded and showing up.

I always found it encouraging to hear people share their success stories and it made it feel like real estate investing was more possible than I imagined. 

If you take 200k equity out of your current house you could buy the investment property outright an not have PMI I don't know your market, but I would imagine that there are better ways to leverage 200k in equity than just buying one property outright.

If China is an a full blown recession, I would imagine the FCB purchases would slow down in the Valley.Couldn't it go the other way where you are networth is actually depreciating $500,000/year on paper if you own $10M worth real estate in SV?

I imagine you could do best catering/specializing in any one of these you felt most appealing:1) Baby boomers who downsize to spend money on 'Other Things'These are your well-prepared retirees who are letting go of the family home.

no, but you learned and you grew in that field and you seem to be somewhat of an expert. at some point in your life, you were where you are now and you chose to travel down the path that you are on. that path lead you to things and knowledge that you never imagined when you were at the crossroads. you now find yourself at another crossroad. can you imagine the knowledge you may be facing if you follow yet another path???