My goal is to help California: Homebuyers with their down payments using equity -- not debtHomeowners access their home equity -- without additional debtInvestors: Participate in home appreciation -- real estate inves...

Personally I wouldn't use Zillow, I can only imagine they want to introduce a future fee for the service.

If you want to learn about the local market and plan on being there for some time I would join a RE team to understand the geographical nuances of the area and also introduce yourself to the community.

I have a few specific questions and would greatly appreciate any advice or insights you can offer:Tenant Communication: What's the best way to introduce myself to the current tenants and inform them about the change in property ownership?

Doing the above probably doesn't solve this directly, but by removing and reattaching all the balusters the connections are tight and the glue joints are solid...if that's not the issue then you may need to introduce some other improvement to prevent the wobble.

@Jeremy Staggers Houston has plenty :) American Title Company of Houston/Patriot Title/Capital Title ... all of them have 10+ branches  and they do all sorts of things for investors (e.g. expedite title search, loan doc prep, double close, blind HUD etc) ..PM me if when you have a contract and would be more then happy to introduce you to one of them.

Many listing agreements have a protection or holdover period, which means that if the property sells to someone who was introduced to the property during the listing period, the agent is still entitled to their commission.

I wanted to introduce myself to the community, so that I can build new connections and mentorship opportunities as I seek to build up a real estate empire.

Hello, everyone! My name is April Patterson. I am a licensed Realtor in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, more specifically in NW Washington. I am also a veteran of the United States Navy! #GoNavy 
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@Raj Balakrishnan happy to introduce you to a local leasing agent who only does section 8 rentals and has a great reputation and rents most of our section 8 properties.