I have both listened to the podcast and read some of the books produced by BP so it's been fun learning about different strategies people have used to expand and grow their portfolios.

The issue is that you cant cold call people in New York 

Typically these people are really forthcoming with info and can tell you.

I shows my what dates people are searching for this year and last year.

. - some strategies I've seen California investors use to lessen negative cash flow: house hacking, mid-term rentals (people temporarily displaced from home renovation or insurance reasons like fire), rent by the room, Short Term Rentals. - The ultimate house hack, live in the small ADU unit and rent out the two levels of the main house on AirBnb in San Francisco (I would have thought STRs are oversaturated in S.F. but it worked for them and they stay fully booked).

Unfortunately, people in the trades are often good at their trade but poor at managing their business.

As you know, this part of CA is nothing like what most people associate CA with.

Conventional, after two hard money people fell through How did you add value to the deal?

I am looking for advice from people who have done this in the past.

You should find a lot of resources on BP but I think the most useful people to talk to would be MF builders and local officials in your target areas.