I live in the Northeastern outskirts of the Bay Area as well.

I communicate well.

I thought everything was going well?

I've done this with my properties because I'm well known in my small town and don't want people to know what I own.LEGAL PROTECTION: By placing your assets in an LLC, you are legally separating them from your personal assets.

Hello Jeffrey, thank you and id love to connect as well!

I'm confident that many private money lenders on here would love to help you, and I would be happy to assist you as well.

Drive around a bit as well - there's still a lot of regional players in billboards if one is operating in your market chances are you'll do better with them. 

@Caroline PowellAnother thing .... make certain your selected contractor is very well versed on 203k's.

While you are at it, learn how to manage your properties well because a large percentage of investors lose tons of money through rookie mistakes with non-paying tenants, unscrupulous contractors, long vacancies, etc. 

They are doing it because the lender is requiring them to, so might as well spin it into conservatism and positive messaging.But at the end of the day, the bigger tell to me, as I am learning the hard way, is fees.