But the kicker is, she's engaged to another woman.

Most of my clients have engaged a screening company to do local, state, and national background screenings. 

Plus all the players involved (including private money lenders) were very pleased with the results and my performance.

I would encourage you to be apprehensive about personally engaging with these folks too much because then they will both turn on you as if you caused or allowed some issue.

Am i speaking to enough key players in a day to learn.Biggest, biggest hurdle is myself needing to work harder at learning to raise capital.My goal is to acquire these tools to get me where i need to be this year or at least get me tee me off for the following year to buy.

hi i suggest meetups and local reias to partner and learn from more experienced players.. its not the right time in the market to Dabble

If approved, you then engage a general contractor to pull permits with the city and start construction.

(Sales have given me some extra capital but rentals will allow me to quit w-2 and invest/sales full time and pursue my passion for music as well even if it is 10 years from now (mall piano player in the past).I am thinking about pulling a heloc out on my primary residence and using the money to buy another property.

I am a closer and I am extremely passionate about real estate investing and am ready to take the next step in the process from reading/analyzing to actively being engaged.

Smaller investors ($0-$1M) are governed by different dynamics than the $1M-$20M players just like they are governed differently than the $20M+ players.