I've been in quite a few hoarder houses and have seen the damage that can be done as a result but in this case the woman had become a hoarder as a result of her health issues that came on over the last 6-8 years.    

I have been investing in Metro-Detroit for the last 10 years and have been happy with the results. 

Im looking forward to meeting people who have been in real estate investing in Los Angeles, specifically in the San Fernando Valley.I recently became a homeowner as a result of my dad signing our property to my mom and I, and am looking into advice/guidance as to what my next step should be.

More often than not, the owner would be named in any lawsuit resulting from the incident.If that rental property is owned by you personally, you would be named in the lawsuit and would have to fight to protect all of your personal assets from the plaintiff's claims both in court and with/thru your insurance provider.

I see brokers pushing stuff at 11-13% but feel I can do better finding buyers directly, just have not had the time to launch that part of the business so I am curious what you do and what kind of results you are getting.

My goal was to quit once my RE income matched the income from my job with a healthy percentage in reserve. 

This doesn't mean you're wrong of course, it just means what you're doing isn't getting you the results you want. 

I will simply include my own clause that the offer is subject to my inspection and approval of the results within X days or the offer is void.

The results—labeled “satisfactory” or “unsatisfactory”—get shared on the company’s internal network and are used to keep tabs on all of the roughly 2,700 homes Starwood Waypoint owns in the Atlanta area.On a recent visit to a suburban Atlanta home that Starwood Waypoint owns, David Zanaty, a senior vice president, walked into a four-bedroom home available to rent and glanced at his smartphone.

With your social media skills you can easily start a tube videos on how investors and can streamline there RE business through the several  skill sets you listed, and hence gain a two fold result of branding yourself and opening doors to off market deals!