Additionally, lenders don't like associations that have one owner with greater than 10% interest - are you paying cash? 

Hi biggerpockets family, I'm in the final stage of acquiring a house in Huntington Beach.

There is no list that you can acquire (that I know of) that lists solid agents who also do RE investments so this task will tale a bit of work and effort on your part.

My goals in REI are to acquire Buy & Hold properties as well as do some Flip and Fix.  

In addition to what Bill E. said, I try to get a good idea of what expenses could come up soon.  

One additional benefit, I have had luck contacting them after a year or 2 and asking if they'd like to settle the note for a discount.

In addition to cash in cash returns and capital gains at sale, I also look at the debt coverage ratio to see if the property can support its debt service in these scenarios.  

My wife plans to partner with me over time and at some point I might look at taking on additional partners. 

There is 4 weeks for drawing plans and design time, client review time,  time to acquire the land, plot survey,  permit time, then build time of 6 to 8 months and then any construction delays due to weather etc.

I wrote a blog post last night that may help prompt some additional questions for you to use in your search.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/8756/51616-tru...