Apologies for the confusion, I am looking to either directly invest alongside or give loans to other real estate investors.

I'm so glad that a friend suggested I check out Bigger Pockets, and I look forward to engaging in this community!

The problem I see is that the driveway goes alongside the house, up to the slab. 

The cost of engaging a Selling Broker (a Realtor in your corner) is not a cost borne by you and their compensation is typically set by and paid for from the Seller's funds. 

Or you may be married/ engaged by this time.

I want to send my great deals to people I work alongside and people that have respect for my part of the deal.

I am excited to engage with this awesome community and learn more about investing in real estate.

My group is engaged in residential rentals under an LLC and we've been struggling to find portfolio lenders in the Bay Area California with reasonable terms.

Engaging a broker will free up your time to focus on your business, and may even lead to other opportunities if you find the right broker.

I partnered with a third party inspection and certification company who has been successful in getting building officials to sign off on their processes that combine many IRC requirements and ANSI code.I'm also working with the Tiny Home Industry Association, who is a group of diverse individuals, (https://www.tinyhomeindustryassociation.org/board-of-directors/) working to engage the appropriate regulatory bodies like the IRC, IBC, ANSI, NFPA, etc. to start developing tiny house specific code.