To me a good real estate agent is not "pushy" but we want to be sensitive of their time too. 

Hello fellow real estate investors,
I'm currently in the Atlanta market and excited to purchase my first property. The potential opportunity has arisen within my girlfriend's family, as her uncle mentioned the Likely...

Also, if looking at non-qm, they are less sensitive to the day-to-day fluctuations of the MBS market. 

Hint: since you're in SoCal you're already sensitive to this.

As others have posted, this is not a deal to cut your teeth on. 

@David Torres  redemption rights are tricky as you allude to.. in our state where Sheriffs sales en masse like what happened a few years ago we had no case law on most of it. as Sheriffs sales for owner occ homes was rare as hen teeth.. the law was always there but sheriffs sales were usually for intestate situations for commercial deals.One issue with redeeming.. at least in our state.. is what happens with junior liens.. in our state if you do redeem the juniors pop back up and attach again.. so its a pretty complicated process. 

The students in my market don't seem to be super price sensitive.

Hi BP community, my offer was recently accepted on a SFH in Orlando and I would appreciate your thoughts / feedback on the financials to see if I should move forward. This would be my first rental property. I have unt...

Hi BP community, my offer was recently accepted on a SFH in Orlando and I would appreciate your thoughts / feedback on the financials to see if I should move forward. This would be my first rental property. I have unt...

Face the fact that you are overly sensitive to noises like this as MANY people grew up in older homes where these noises are common and it wasn't an issue.