. ;)Land is VERY valuable in SF.It costs WAY more than several thousand dollars for permits and building, and it is still worth way more than $10K under any foreseeable circumstances.

Any guidance would be great. 

We also have a lot of valuables in our home that we don't want stolen.

They can give you guidance and help based on their goals and objectives and there is no way to know if that is going to help or hurt you till you own it and realize you made a mistake.Make sure that think this thru first, then once you know what your goals are you decide what market can help you achieve these goals.

But, this will require an Agent who is willing to be ok with just having a conversation knowing my timeline - my goal is to respect the agents time as best I can yet, obtain valuable information that will better prepare me for when the time comes. 

You'll need to get a LLC together (ask your attorney for more guidance), this will help with liability on flipping the home, and also the LLC filing is the easy part; the hard part will be drafting the Operating Agreement (OA).

Even now our primary is far far from being our most valuable property.  

I'm sure there is valuable information in it.thanks Jean-Frank

One of the most valuable and unique benefits of MyGaREIA is they have both a face to face deal makers group meeting Wed at 10am at the office for full timers, and a google group where contractors are exchanged, deals, and countless solutions and problems to avoid talked about.  

@Julia Shevchenko Thank you so much for the valuable insights!