I'm an Architect with experience in residenital/commercial design and development.

And, since you're marketing to probates, you can design a specific home seller's guide for probates.This will get prospects to respond to you and request their guide. 

I believe there are a few different schools of thought on this.Personally, I think it's wise to at least take a look at how the numbers crunch with management being factored in.

Real estate here is hot due to many factors and I am interested  in the opportunity which exists.  

Is that factoring in the HOA costs?

There's always the possibility that they can go up a significant amount based on a number of factors that would really compromise cash flow.

This is designed for CA to not lose track of your deferred gain so that if you ever recognize the gain they can get the associated tax from the time you owned there.  

+1 on obtaining the CCIM designation.

I was thinking that I would like to find someone locally who is further down the path on real estate investing than I am who needs my graphic design/publicity/web/networking skills/property management and etc. so that I can watch deals from conception to implementation.

I have a 210K interest only HELOC untapped with a $0 balance and a rate @ 3.75 and I'm looking to do a refinance on some of my other properties and wanted to get a sense of how that would factor in to my DTI.