Yes, they will happily take my business, but I haven't found anyone who will give advice and be pro-active about pushing the deal through.

There seems to be a lot of activity in 53218 and 53209.

not a realtor, but i am curious. in markets already overly saturated with realtors, why would you want to spread yourself so thin. pick and area and be the best and most active realtor for that area, then increase the size of the area as you become known.  

I then looked at MF construction activity. 

I know there's a lot of residential activity in Oakland, but are there any folks who are based here thinking about NNN (here or around the country)? 

I know there's a lot of residential activity in San Francisco, but are there any folks who are based here thinking about NNN (here or around the country)?

If I had to actively pick a market though (which I'm starting to think about researching other markets to branch out to) Wilmington never would have ended up on my list due to the high crime and lackluster economic outlook. 

You need to work with a specialty firm (there are several of us who are active here on the forum who can help you) to create a special purpose, single member LLC.

I intent to start real estate investing with my older brother, Nick Seaver, who is currently serving as an active duty military member.

It’s a strange experience starting from scratch on credit in US considering I have had perfect credit in Europe but this simply comes with time , good financial choices and financial activity in the US.