Or if that's too high I'm thinking of starting by contacting some veteran investors in my area and saying, "If you go and close them, I'll send you this Cash Offer appointment, that you wouldn't have got otherwise, if you flip it or hold it and rent it I get flat fee $4500. 

But if the market cools down, then I'll maybe buy a house in the bay area.

I’ll definitely be looking more into all of that.

If it's something formal, I'll emailed.

Thank you, I'll keep that in mind!

@Mark, I'll definitely reach out to you or Seth as well.

I’ll get down to city hall and see if there are any permits out for building in the area.  

Thank you so much....I'll look into that tonight.  

If all goes as planned I hope to begin investing in February (after the wedding); until then I'll be building contacts, browsing the MLS, and doing calculations on properties i find.A bit about myself; my father raised me to be independent and do manual labor myself and now because of him, I do many of the home repairs myself and like to believe I'm fully capable of being my own property manager (currently own a home i purchased thinking i could grow into).

I'll try to answer the key ones.Private Money Lender - since they are "private" most don't have a store front or a web page.