Don't bottom feed; buy the best property you can in a good neighborhood and fill it with great tenants.

You can't find that in California, but you can in the Midwest.

Good for you Zack,Get out and visit as many properties as you can in your target area and you'll begin to get a sense seeping in as to what feels like a possible deal.

If this is the case, I can’t raise rents and drive a higher valuation like I can in MF, right? 

But if you have no agent....I would say that you could move forward with this deal but I'd negotiate and get what you can in return.

Or, does it mean I can in fact start the process before the 6 month mark, as long as the actual closing of the refinance takes place on or after Day 1 of Month 7?  

I'm open to suggestions and would like to meet some people and get all the info I can in investing.

And any money I make through real estate transactions just get funneled into more real estate or 401k contributions.World Class food is a bit of a stretch ;-) The rules of sports nutrition are not complicated: heavy carbohydrate intake from whole foods, plenty of fluids, lean protein and healthy fats.

Buying a property as a human with a residential loan, and then putting title into your LLC the day after closing, can in theory trigger the due on sale clause, but rarely does the lender invoke this provided that they are still being paid on time and you aren't otherwise doing anything naughty.The entity obsession world is mostly charlatans trying to charge you per-entity to set all these garbage entities up.

My suggestion would be to read as much as you can and get to know as many people as you can in your target market.