In Joel's case he is not interested in interviewing anyone but a brokerage that is looking for agents will pretty much "hire" any warm body.

I started finding better info sources and largely avoid the real estate community until about 1998 when I realized that I had accumulated the body of knowledge and expertise that I once sought.

Lack of bodies (detroit has suffered publicly)?

This can be very beneficial for new b investors.Also, we would well come any body who would like to help other newbie investors achive there goals.

The governing bodies are working a lot slower than I would prefer but overall it is going well.

Your post title mentions $1M and the body of the message asks about buying 1-2 rental properties.

., GovernorDEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTDIVISION OF CODES AND STANDARDSSTATE HOUSING LAW PROGRAMNovember 9, 2016INFORMATION BULLETIN (2016-06) (SHL)TO: Local Governing BodiesLocal Code Enforcement AgenciesFactory-Built Housing ManufacturersInterested PartiesState Agencies and DepartmentsFROM: Richard Weinert, Deputy DirectorDivision of Codes and StandardsSUBJECT: 2016 California Residential Code (CRC) – Change to dwelling unit requirements for minimum floor area, and current rulemaking cycle proposal to repeal efficiency dwelling unit requirements from the 2016 CRCThe purpose of this Information Bulletin (IB) is to notify local governing bodies, code enforcement agencies, and factory-built housing manufacturers of changes to the 2015 International Residential Code (IRC) which were adopted into the 2016 California Residential Code (CRC) and will take effect on January 1, 2017, which will allow for design and construction of dwellings considerably smaller than efficiency dwelling units.Section R304.1 of the 2013 CRC, based on the 2012 IRC, requires all newly constructed one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses not more than 3 stories above grade to have “…at least one habitable room that shall have not less than 120 square feet (11m2) of gross floor area.”

Does any body have any recommendations?

I like geographic names, or street names, or street intersections like Main and Fifth LLC,  Names of Rivers, Streams, bodies of Water,  One time I used the name of a tributary of the Rhine River. 

Make that problem the present owners responsibility, unless of course they are willing to sell so low that dead bodies would be acceptable.