Congrats! Hopefully you don’t have to commute to Carlsbad every day. Interestingly, one of my offers in Temecula also got approved (after 5+ months) and escrow opened last Friday. Coincidence? 🙂 I was there doing inspection in the weekend and had a chance to visit the city for the first time and really liked it. Good luck with moving and land-lording! It may sound intimidating, but with hand-on management and good timing (sounds like you got the latter already), I see owning rentals to be the safest way to retirement. Imagine in 15-20 year, you’ll own them free and clear.