They have one fund called the Ekahi fund which Jessi who commented above is in.

I was trying to get started, had all the information but needed to pull the trigger to get in the game. 

Purchase price: $530,000 Cash invested: $20,000 Hello all!

And that is where the skill comes in.

On this one, literally sitting there with the seller, in the property, it was a lot to take in.

He is one of the partner ,there are many others In this partnership,as in, they all pool the money to buy land and build large single family homes .

I want to invest in two properties in California.

The problem is the buildings are in major need of repair...and because of this, rents are one of the lowest in town. 

If you do have enough other income then you dont even need to lease out this property to start your refinance.However if you dont have enough income to qualify with no rental income offset then yes you will need to obtain your lease(s) and security deposit + 1st months rents deposited before you can utilize 75% of this gross income - your monthly PITIA payment (in terms of qualification on this property refinance.So all in all Id make sure what your current debt to income position is first of all (DTI) and then strategize to see if you even need the leases at all.

You may want to consider purchasing one or two year notes with yield of 6-8%.