Are there specific qualities or terms you look for that make the relationship a good fit for your investment strategy?

Give them all the details, contact information, time lines, relationships, etc.  

This approach helps maintain strong relationships with tenants and avoids disputes.Hope this helps!

The goal is to start building long term relationship with, so any names would be appreciated. 

No but you could create an excel macro to do multiple properties at once - also the numbers that someone provides to me I take with a grain of salt anyways. 

He's great".I recently went to a conference (that fortunately was free) where a really famous name in the flip space talked for an hour about how important relationships and authenticity are in the real estate business.

Real estate is an excellent avenue to help you achieve those goals, especially since it can create both passive income and long-term wealth.

(We're from California as well) Everything has been extremely smooth so far and their staff has been excellent with their customer service. 

There are four key principles that guide me:- Consistency is everything- Never stop learning- Take Action- Value relationships over everything else1) Consistency is everything There are multiple things that I do every single day- Read – 10+ minutes.

It is not very difficult or complicated to evaluate commercial real estate, there are plenty of good books available that can teach you how, textbooks, online courses, community college classes, even excellent youtube videos etc, and it is actually quite enjoyable in the process to learn.