Our general counsel does this sort of thing for us all the time.

Most of them require experience and some sort of collateral.The program we use, requires at least 2 deals and some liquid assets

But I think I might try to convince Facebook that I'm a doctor in private practice; maybe there they will assume an IQ of 90 or 100 and hand out level 9 or 10 information as the "free teaser," stuff that even lawyers would have to pay for.BTW writing things like "That paragraph isn't useful or interesting, the following is..." is the sort of tagline from one of the free lawyer webinars, but that you will not find in free lender webinars. 

It also is generally more difficult to obtain financing inside an LLC, and if you transfer property to the LLC after obtaining financing you could risk triggering due on sales clauses.California is a sort of beastly state when it comes to taxes and filings.

I am very interested and motivated to become an investor.

I am not sure if there is a niche sort of traditional lending route that could work for you.

Keep in mind that the seller is going to try to get out from the property for a reason, just ask a question and listen, if he's motivated enough they will reveal more than needed OR they will not have enough selling points which could be a bad thing. ie; vacancy rates (leads to knowledge about the area or housing issues the tenants had), water usage (potential plumbing issues), appliances held in the units (leads to how old the electrical is in the home) CHECK IF THE OUTLETS ARE GROUNDED !!! 

All they can say is no...or come back later when they become more motivated to sell, right?

We moved to Wisconsin, mainly motivated by providing a better life for our 1 year old son.

That does not mean sellers are motivated to give you a discount.