That said, there are some tools available to you where you can bring a certain level of automation to that rental management process (ie. automatically syndicating a single listing to 10+ major listing sites, thorough tenant screening with full background checks, digital lease creation, automated online rent collection, and maintenance tracking).

Also, there are platforms which can help you bring a certain level of automation to that rental management process (ie. automatically syndicating a single listing to 10+ major listing sites, thorough tenant screening with full background checks, digital lease creation, automated online rent collection, and maintenance tracking - all from within your account).

Economic growth and job creation are also a plus.

AB 881 and SB 13 provide additional incentives for ADU creation by streamlining permit processes, reducing fees, and removing rules that inhibited the construction of ADUs by requiring homeowners to live on-site.

. --- BUT, there are a lot of systems out there help to automate the late fee creation process to make things easier on the landlord and the tenant.

And, often, it's one of these offers you lose out to (for a top dollar motivated seller), not a cash offer (the fastest close motivated seller would accept a lower cash offer that can close in 7 days - and not even respond to your offer).I can't offer commentary on why one particular offer of yours wasn't accepted, no crystal ball over here, and I'm also not commenting on any specific listing agent, all I can do is confirm for you that I'm not out of business, ergo the majority of these "cash offers over asking" are fictitious creations of listing agents representing the best interests of their seller clients. 

Most of my experience is multi-family, mixed-use, and commercial.I also managed syndication for a 50,000SF mixed use office building (currently under construction), while previously employed at an architecture firm, and that’s what got me hooked on RE investment.My real estate investment goals:Participate as an architect team member for multifamily syndicators, assisting with ground-up development or renovation feasibility work, design, and creation of marketing / capital campaign materials.

For steps it goes something like this, in brief, for sponsoring a deal:Build Brand & CredibilitySelect MarketBuild Team and Partner relationshipsBuild Investor ListFind Deals (started at partner relationships step)Submit LOIs and Acquire Deal under ContractEntity(REG D LLC) creation and documentation with Securities Attorney (started at partner relationships step)Secure Financing from Lenders (started at partner relationships step)Present Deal to InvestorsRaise Capital from Investor ListClose on DealRenovate & stabilizeManage Property/Communicate status to investorsShare Profits & Losses until SaleAdditionally, It also could be beneficial to invest passively on a Syndication first to see the flow and build network relationships. 

@Jamia StevensWealth creation with real estate is for people who have learned how to make and save money already.

Having said that, there are still some great options out there which may be able to help you keep everything in one place (listing the property to 10+ major rental listing sites, managing listing responses + scheduling viewing times, tenant screening w/ a fully comprehensive application, digital lease creation, online rent collection, and maintenance request tracking).