If you're brand new, I think offering your services to someone for the first few months gratis is a great way to get your foot in the door.

It costs 10k for them to complete one deal for you and to get your foot in the door.

Maybe try starting out as a admin assistant for a PM company first; just something to get your foot in the door and start building your experience. 

In my area, homes with pools tend to sell much quicker and at a higher price per square foot.

Purchase price: $596,000 Cash invested: $177,000 This property is a five-unit multifamily building situated on a 7,800 square foot lot.

Your market for say 25 wide by 50 foot deep will be different than a 50 x 150 building.

one of the developers across the street from my project is selling 1k sq foot homes for 525k  I suspect he has sold a few but you get the point. when lot costs and building cost before you even go vertical are about 250k pretty tough to build anything new that is "affordable." its why condos and townhouses are generally starter or the cheaper housing..

Show up and put one foot forward each day.

Market OverviewThe Los Angeles office market is comprised of 210.4 million square feet in twenty-one geographic concentrations ranging in size from the 38.9 million square foot Downtown submarket to the Mid-Cities submarket, which accounts for 1.8 million square feet.

The architecture of the house has been maintained with hardwood floors throughout, floor to ceiling windows and 14 foot ceilings (although a pain when accessing anything like lighting).