The facebook communities are great for finding people experienced in your local market . in the search bar would just search the words real estate and your city/state 

Hey John - I recommend looking into facebook real estate groups in the area and meetup.com

Pregnancy is covered under Fair Housing laws (familial status), so not renting to her (or treating her differently) because of her pregnancy would definitely be prohibited. 

You can also check meetup.com or search Facebook for real estate investment groups, clubs, or meetings in your area.

also inventory in bay area is slowly building up it seems the layoffs are started hitting the RE market sloww but sure, hope whoever get facebook stock could bid those houses so price would not drop too much.

This requires no money, minimal effort, and you can leverage your veteran status on the calls.

I would not accept until and unless I see evidence of cosigner's financial status in their home country. 

Up until the trustee sale (foreclosure auction), the home is still owned and fully controlled by the home owner.I’m assuming you’re going to be looking at off-market properties (since loan status isn’t something they advertise on the MLS so you likely wouldn’t even know if it was in default if it’s a listed property).So, in that case, you’d just negotiate a purchase agreement with the home owner and then take the contract to your local escrow/title company to open escrow. 

Brandon Rush lists many REI meetup events in CT on Facebook, so I'd recommend joining a couple groups to make local connections.

@Eddie TorresI like letters but we’re definitely not allowed to mention familial status (California).