Unfortunately we turn down many investors that come to us for various reasons.One of the big reasons is that if someone doesn't know what they want, I'm not the one to tell them what they should want.If I used such conversion tactics (Which I could easily do), would smell disaster long term IMO just like it did for many other overnight turnkey scammers promising 15%+ cap rates.It's not all about money/profit for us and it's also not all about baby-sitting incompetence either.We have enough "free" online marketing content where a half sophisticated investor can easily come to a conclusion about all of our offerings.Many try to side step the obvious and want more for themselves.Building a relationship in business but in life also shouldn't be about "take, take, take" or "me, me, me".It should be "give and receive"I bet that many folks can provide or offer some value in return from experience they gained from a W2 or in another way.Guess how many have offered something of value over my last 12 years of investing?

I commend you for working that hard for that little, but that's typically what you expect for very low skill labor, and you sound more sophisticated.

Real estate is much art as it is numbers.Everyone has perceptions, opinions, including not limited to agents, contractors, project managers and ultimately - the investor shelling out the money. 

A company would be punished by the feds and/or the market bc of perception.

Winter is always a good time and the perception in the market makes selling tricky but opportunity more present than last few years. 

To the other investors, please do not allow your perception of me to dissuade you from continuing your investing in Jackson. 

Don't rent undermined units.in LA...between sophisticated tenants and tenant advocacy groups it wont end well...you could possibly live in the undermined unit to mitigate risk..always ask for the LA city inspection to see when the last time the city inspected and if they were concerned with the unpermited unit or other defects.

Could you just bring your capital to a 506(b) deal as a Sophisticated Investor and learn/earn that way?

Im not a very sophisticated investor like many in this group, but i just keep it simple does the rent cover my expenses and someday the tenants will pay this place off for me. 

Sorry this got long, but I hope it gives you a sense of where you should aim as you go from noob to sophisticated (if you choose to do so).