If you want to find other people in your area to partner with then you absolutely need to find a REI club.

Jon,There are many clubs in the metro LA area.

Get out to real clubs, network with people.

Here, I've had a literacy council, habitat for humanity, a ham radio club, an RV club, a senior citizen organization, an organization for kids with disabilities and a cycling club.

Fortunately, though, each of these is pretty simple to come by (though the Execution is probably the most allusive and hard won). 

Fortunately for me I had a little case of insomnia a couple nights before and I’ve been listening to webinar replays where Brandon Turner talks about his magic question “Do you know anyone who has money to loan?”

He runs a boot camp for investors and a investment club near lax .

But we have learned a lot about reserves (banks may not extend loans on buildings without reserves), the value of being pre-approved for a loan, scrutinizing condo regulations carefully, and, especially, working with a realtor you can trust.For orderly thinking people like accountants, the entire real estate business can be rather tortuous and exasperating but fortunately for me my husband is in sales so he "gets" that side of the process so that I can concentrate on running the numbers. 

Meeting update: This month we are at Cummaquid Golf Club on February 9 @ 6:30.

I've been watching a lot of videos and podcasts here on BP and I went to a local real estate club meeting.