They are extremely helpful. 

I am currently looking into using my VA loan for buying my first buy and hold and seeing this information is extremely helpful.

Thats a good point, if my wife had a flooring company I would expect her to get paid, but I would expect an extreme discount, because she also has a vested interest in the profit of the house.

They were extremely friendly, personable, and were extremely happy to see me into my first home. 

What's especially strange is that we have never had an issue until we starting dealing with this lease cancellation and returning the deposit, at which time, the tenant began to be extremely hostile.The scanned image of the check online has no endorsement, but it does have a stamp on it, verifying the time that it was deposited, but not giving any specific bank information.

But quadplex deals in San Diego in a nice area is extremely hard to find.

Thank you for any advice given your words are extremely appreciated. 

My primary short-term goal is a profitable start, not extreme DIY value maximization in the perfect deal.

@Brie Schmidt One of the tenants has been there for 24yrs and takes extremely good care of his unit and the building.

Extremely professional and helpful if you are new to the vacation rental world.