(Food is cooked and delivered to home, beach is a 10 minute drive).

Do I contact the trust holder or find the owners name?

West Oakland is plenty popular with working professionals where school isn't as important as commute/social (food, nightlife, stuff to do). 

I've invested in condo units in DC and had recent success filling them with Section 8 Voucher-Holders for above market rents. 

This isn't Government Assistance, like Food Stamps, or Medicaid. 

I love the idea of managing my own properties (or at the very least, being nearby), given that I know how to do it and am good at it (and I am a control freak and hate entrusting my livelihood to others), but I know that I don't want to live in the same area for 20 years just so I can be close to my properties (even if that property is in Fiji and I own a dive business - I know after a year or two I'd be bored of the dive sites, bored of the food, bored of the views...)  

So the effective yield on loans with small P&I payments will be more negatively impacted by servicing expense.With regard to remaining term, a long term first position loan that is closer to end of term can provide a greater level of equity/security to the lien holder. 

These folks also borrow from fellow IRA account holders.

@Dale Holder Welcome and good look at getting you feet wet.

They just need to pay for their own beer and food :-)It's also super helpful if they can actually indicate on the event page I posed if they are coming, this way when I show up at the venue, or need to look for an alternate venue in the event of inclement weather, I know roughly speaking how many people to expect.