I haven't personally gone yet because they are usually during a week night around 6-7pm but hope to get to one soon!

It really depends on the condition and if the person smoked indoors and was a heavy smoker.You are going to have to wash all of the surfaces with TSP, chances are you will need to repaint (especially if they've been there for 10 years) and may need to stain block the ceilings before painting. 

I am not yet convinced that they are accurate since I was told in separate email "Rentometer collects rental listing data and rent data from a variety of sources including: bulk syndicated data, our proprietary rental data survey, and user generated input and listings of rental data". 

Nick has the best Data with easy to understand graphs and charts for each City, Area of the big Cities, County, State and whole Country with ReventureApp.com and its free unless you want a personal conversation. 

Personally If these rules keep investors out or financial trouble, I think they are very worthwhile.

What are the risks if the person isn’t qualified?

I don't know any personally but the Bay Area is such a huge market I'm sure you can find someone.

My best lender when I was active was a private person. 

I am sending mailers, but would rather not list my personal residence or use a PO box.

James,Feel free to send a private email & I'll be happy to interview.