I feel people are expecting more of a resort style experience.

Wouldn't you agree that everyone's life style will improved if the parties involved making a decision share similar information?

Your market then consists of very similar properties as to location, style, type of construction, utility function, social aspects that play on demand.

Don't hire ones that don't vibe with your style.

More specifically, my home falls under some of the most favorable zoning within West Hollywood, allowing for up to 5 condominium units, 1650sf each, carriage-style. 

As someone who has used Scrum (as well as pretty much every Agile development technique) for some of the biggest product companies in the world (I managed a lot of teams using Scrum at Microsoft) and as someone who has flipped a couple hundred houses, this makes absolutely no sense to me.The big advantage to Scrum in a technical development environment is that it allows the customer to change requirements anytime ("requirements volatility"), and because the development is being done in an iterative style (each defined time period you have a working unit or sub-unit that can be demonstrated), each defined time period you theoretically have a working product that can be released to the customer.While there are some advantages to that methodology when developing software, I don't see any advantages when rehabbing a house. 

I find the shaker style is pretty good for flips these days.3) Where is this going?

There are two different styles of 240v plugs (three prong and four prong).

I think a cultivated partnership will bare much more fruit in the long run then the quick hunt for a "mentor" but everyone's learning style and goals are different.  

Try to get the average place for that neighberhood and a basic style unless you are looking for something your customer wants.