Prepare some specific questions for those you have discovered are playing in the space you want to play in. 4th meeting: prepare some business cards with your contact info, and what you’re interested.

@Nathanael Troupe the 2-4 unit space is a great one to be in for Oakland (especially the 2 and 3).

This will help you in a few ways - it'll help keep you motivated to find a property (so you can have your own space) and allow you to build your war chest (as cheap/free rent means you can sprint towards any savings goals). 

No law says you have to share space or interact.As you noted, selling as a duplex would be a different matter entirely :) 

also, any ideas on how to get access to the house so I can come up with a number for them.

You can google independent agent/broker in the city and they will have access to one or both companies. 

The ideal table saw setup is a large open area with a big table and space for infeed and outfeed rollers.Now, if you're building cabinets, furniture or doing fancy(ish) woodworking projects, a table saw is a good tool. 

I'd also mentioned that I will need access to the property next week for my investors to do a walk thru. 

These holes are about 3/4 of an inch, and are spaced out one hole per foot.

If they're not, it's a long and involved (and expensive) process.Most often, the larger parcels will be developed into graded lots by one of the regional development companies, then sold to regional builders to construct and sell the finished homes (and potential commercial components).Smaller developers (like myself) can take on the smaller parcels (say, 10's of acres) that are too small for the regional companies to touch - there's an opportunity for your client to partner there and capture more of the profit stack if s/he's interested.Regardless, there's plenty of brokers who work in the space and broker between land owners and developers for owners who aren't familiar with the business.