You're shopping, just like when you're buying a car.  

Suppliers to Tesla are setting up shops in and around Fremont, and these suppliers pull in their own suppliers...

Don't ask them if you can sit down with them over coffee and pick their brain.

Adam, I am in the process of closing on our first purchase which is a cosmetic fixer SFR with a detached shop that has a Mother-in-Law suite above that we will be renovating & renting out.

@Marvin Song Yes there are people here who are interested in investing, in Korea and abroad.Anytime you are in the area drop us a line.We can get together and talk shop.

You will see this most frequently in strip shopping centers.

It pays to shop.

I would continue to shop around for small portfolio lenders that will do portfolio/commercial loans on residential investment real estate.

That way your property search is more like a shopping list.

I can think of 50 reasons that  she verbally might have  agreed and then put off returning your calls, everything from being busy with the kids, to getting conflicting advice from family or friends, to just plain shopping the agreement.