Does your chances of securing a loan get affected if you already have investment properties before a home loan or vice-versa?

Nothing wrong with this either. you just do not want to buy an appreciation play in income market and vice versa.hope this makes sense

Or vice-versa.You can scale quickly or slowly.  

More importantly, can anyone recommend someone in California who can provide some guidance with my project (contractor who's done this before, lender with contractor relations or vice-versa). 

a less-experienced investor is more likely to be flexible with terms or want to come to them together. someone with more experience i'd think would already have a set of terms that works best for them and their deals. 8-12% annual interest seems to be the most common range. the security of lending to someone with more experience usually comes with a lower rate, vice versa. if you have someone you want to lend to, just ask!

I think Joe Sera is on this site, but he is at : Joe Sera, Vice President  Sera Capital Management, LLC.  

An experienced inspector who's only inspected 1960s masonry homes in the desert southwest isn't the most qualified to inspect an 1870s wood frame house in the northeast (and vice versa).In addition to many years' experience inspecting, you ideally want an inspector who has a background/experience in engineering/building/contracting.

If you find someone let me know and vice versa

So something that looks great to one will look awful to another...and vice versa.I invest in both direct real estate (via a 7 figure residential rental portfolio) and syndication/crowdfunding passive investments (also 7 figures).

Or vice versa?