For example, are you the kind of person where, if you invested a few/several thousand in a course, that'd you'd be motivated to the point of not failing because of that skin in the game?

So being inexperience, I would love to find a mentor/coach that is willing to work with me being new, but I also have a lot of motivation and want to succeed amd learn.

The main difference I have found when mailing multifamily owners vs. single family owners is that there is usually less motivation with multifamily owners and the conversation before they are ready typically takes sometime.

Even if everyone in LA wanted to do it, it would still be an incredibly slow process.Also, anyone who thinks zoning rules are the main reason for the skyrocketing RE in CA is being fooled by politicians.

If you are looking to invest into real estate, I have found this site to be incredibly helpful.

@Mark Howland Pretty incredible to be able to start while you're going to school.

That said, it's a decent leveraging position to be in if the seller is motivated. 

Incredible views, multiple over ask price offers made this flip a success!

I have an incredible opportunity for a SFR flip in the San Francisco Bay Area with an estimated PROFIT of $500K!

(David offers a free version that gets you pretty far along, may be worth that alone + his youtube videos on how to use them).PPM As others have said, these are incredibly particular and important and I suggest getting these made by an attorney (yes they're expensive).