My name is Keith Stubbs, and I have finally decided to introduce myself and take the next steps to becoming an active investor after browsing this site for several years. 

I would try using the search tool to browse existing forum posts for Bay Area portfolio lender recommendations if I were you!

Facebook has 2 venues for advertising: one is Meta( those ads that show up when you are browsing) and Marketplace (like craiglist).

Just browsing through this forum has been extremely informative so far.

You can browse through them through my profile to see if you find anything you're looking for there.

I constantly browse craigs list for the hell of it but do not expect to much to come from that.

A 'bird dog' is a 'finder'... and while there are clear cases of advertisers overstepping their bounds into brokerage (http://caselaw.findlaw.com/il-court-of-appeals/1546961.html) there are also (many not so clear) cases where a 'finder' is not a broker (http://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/other-courts/2010/2010-20104.html).I would encourage anyone to browse the last link for 'finder' and also to look at the section 'Quality and Quantity of Services', 'Fiduciary Duty', 'Differences in Entitlement to Fee'.

@James Syed, we drive by Staunton when visiting family (Herrin/Murphysboro) and I always have to resist stopping and browsing the old car dealership there on I55....way too easy to spend money on old cars instead of investing it in something that will make money.  

Sometimes I browse Racine Co foreclosures but since I'm not a local and it's a tepid market, it's hard to tell the champions from the nags.I am not so sure about your self-help eviction strategy.

Browse the posts on BP.