Most want experience, coupled with personal/business credit.

Treating people like people doesn't mean you make the relationship personal as Nathan suggests and not all tenants will screw you over whenever it suits them.

Never buy without personally inspecting and approving the property and INDEPENDENTLY, INDEPENDENTLY, INDEPENDENTLY, verifying everything from values to market rates, to approving tenant selection procedures and standards, to repairmen on standby, to everything else in Christendom that you can thing of.I am not a fan of out-of-state investing, especially for those with less than 50 years of experience, and for them, they’re probably too old for the hassle. 

Through a client and a lot of research and connections through my Personal Training Industry How did you finance this deal?

You could organize your own in-person event and market to your avatar. 

I personally dont do any of that.. every market / or most will have an active fix and flip sector or buy and hold sector the important thing to me is the operator full stop.. great operator will do well in any market and all the national data simply is noise at least at my level. ( loaning our own money and JV deals with our own money)  we dont broker or anything like that.

Who is the first person you call in that market to get started?

I'm moving to San Diego next year from Denver, CO and am looking to make the right personal finance decision in the process. 

Personally, I love them because they offer built-in diversification.In my experience, local banks are your best bet for financing mixed-use properties.

Now were back to a mare normal world where a person has to have that skill of forecasting, analysis, ability to "read the tea leaves" for where it's all going and if todays acquisition makes sense.