@Jim Carson Thanks for the insight, I currently have no debt and I've already met with my mortgage broker in getting ready to purchase in 6 months or so, and I won't have a problem because she said she will count 75% of rental income of property I purchase to help keep qualifying. 

I'm sure you'll be able to provide some SFH insight from your experiences! 

That's the type of real estate investing I have decided to pursue, I understand there are others and that I should not rule anything out but one thing I have learned in my career is, if you focus on one particular thing, you become and expert at it. p.s. sorry in advance if my introduction is wordy.

You might have to find a small type catch all brokerage that dabbles in residential and small time commercial.These types of firms do residential and a few land sales and occasionally a small gas station or inherited type small building commercial.For the experts that only do one asset class the small deals like this do not make sense as they typically have a lot of (hair) on the deal meaning many issues to work through.

I'm just staring out, so basically at ground 0, but Im very eager to learn from experts in this community and field.

Mario Furmanczyk,seriously if you are determined to play with LA's rent control laws and renting in California in general,you need to find a very good real estate attorney who is an expert in rent control laws and California rental laws in general.California is one of the most difficult places to do business and landlords are treated like criminals waiting to be caught by our court system.You need serious protection with good lawyers who will help you stay in compliance and keep you out of financial troubles.Good luck to you.

Peace of mind and having been through the process a time or two with an expert will ease your mind and show you exactly how it's done.Best of luck!

Theres a lot of confusion in this and i apologize but hopefully someone can give me some insight!

I'm a bona-fide expert.  

Newbee real estate investor looking to put equity in primary home to work for me.Looking for insight, financing, and suggestions on successful real estate investing.