These are fixable, but often a very expensive proposition.2) With regards to rehab work, I haven't understood your question entirely.

You slowly grow your investor base to match deals and dollars over timeYou can also "syndicate" operating companies, but in those circles a syndication generally means that you're approaching multiple sources of funding like a handful of angel networks who are unlikely to fill out a round on their own given that the business proposition is very risky and investors are likely to lose all their money in these types of deals.  

@MarieChele Porter the proposition you are referring to is Prop 21 on the upcoming ballot and it aims to give City's opportunity to enforce more stringent rent control ie. limiting how much you can increase rent after turnover. 

@Antwone AustinSome great, detailed information here by others.Institutionally and in short, my team looks at highest and best use (what our returns can be and resources to achieve) vs. current metrics (cap rate being one) to identify opportunity, and build our value add proposition from there.

Alexis, your property taxes in CA are held artificially low due to CA Proposition 13.   

Conventional wisdom right now says that flips are a tough proposition (although there's always the possibility of making something work if you find the perfect deal, so don't totally discount the idea).

It seems like a risky proposition to build an ADU without comps showing that it will add value!

It is a losing proposition for young professionals and it encourages others to be wasteful.Your buying it from a guy who included it- see where your numbers are.

No value add, just the new construction proposition.

This is a tough proposition in a world with such skewed statistics (96% of business tends to be done by 4% of agents, i.e. we have countless fluff in the industry).BP seems to be a good source of both -- connect with some agents or PMs in the market(s) you want to invest in and find the people with the skill and integrity you want, then start getting some momentum in investing alongside them!