The best place for true private money is usually in your local meet-ups!

That is a great place to start, as well as hitting some local real estate investor meetups so you can meet some other house hackers in person who have done what you want to do.

After debating local vs. or OOS, it seems like prudent advice to try to start locally with long term MF in so cal. 

At a minimum where is that local market headed, what is your personal strategy, are you in the growing phase or beyond etcOne really strong argument for selling is that you can upgrade big times.

Investing locally in the Bay Area will come with higher acquisition costs, but appreciation can still build wealth long term, so don't be weary if you're property doesn't cash flow right now the bat.

Quote from @Stephen Smith: Separately, a local roofing contractor was recently caught installing shingles on a BTC property in Cape Coral.  

can you invest locally instead?

Instead of throwing your deal out to a bunch of strangers on the internet, I recommend you do your research to find a local expert with 20+ ACTIVE years in real estate in your market.

Find someone local or who specializes in working with investors.

Either way, I get that this is a contrary viewpoint, so I didn't come here to debate, only to present the concept and to offer my services if it was appealing to post creator.