Basically, I need a whole team: a real estate agent, a loan broker, possibly a property manager, etc.

I've been a land broker in southern California for the past fifteen years, selling land both to the big, national builders and also to boutique builders. 

Connect with real estate investors, brokers, and other private lenders.

@David Garcia I would also get a quote from a broker.

CA allows multi bene loans but they must be originated  by a CA RE broker.

Proper is a broker. 

As a real estate broker here in South Florida, I have recently observed a noticeable trend in the real estate market: an uptick in what many are referring to as "Price Improvements" on property listings.

They are are not lenders they say they will close your loan and act as lenders they kept my deposit and sent me to other brokers They are fake with no credentials they are a scam

BUT, in my 45 years of real estate investing, brokering, syndicating, advising, I’ve come to the conclusion that investors go in PRIMARILY interested in one or the other. 

I din't have enough capital to start on my own, so I partnered up and did a few joint ventures, sprinkled in some seller financing, and then syndicated a couple of deals, only to return to joint ventures.Pick a strategy, then a market, then start to network with all the brokers in the market. $400k is plenty to get started.Gino