I'd love to gain a mentor who'd take me under their wing!

If that is what you are saying, that idea makes me nervous as it makes it tougher to track gains/losses/etc for that individual property.Also Rob, how do you know when its considered "enough" in order to start xferring to another account?

Which do you think are the most valuable as far as your business?

I know gossip is a bad thing but when you get the neighbors gossip you learn a lot of valuable information!

"Consideration" sometimes can be some valuable service or a valuable right, but most of the time it is money.Read here about creative financing and lease options.

The owners might still be living in the property as holdover tenants, the property might be vacant but have valuable property the owners are using for storage and eviction has to happen, or the house is totally vacant and needs to be trashed out and cleaned and winterized depending on time of the year and climate.During this time the bank or asset company is having the broker that is to be assigned the listing complete a free BPO and then they also order 1 to 2 other bpo's that pay other brokers directly to do for an objective third party evaluation.

I am actively looking to purchase my first single family home to invest in and hold for a while and eventually purchase a multi-family property (as funds permits of course) but before i do i want to gain insight.

You need to check and make sure there are no quirky laws in California protecting sellers from having to sell even with a written contract.You might stand to gain some helpful knowledge by showing a real estate litigation attorney all your paperwork for review for a few hundred and they can give you realistic options and chances of being successful with your purchase if one seller fights it etc.No legal adviceP.S.

Its a wonderful site where you can gain much from others.

Then, once the idea gained some traction, the B Corp stamp of approval would enhance the ability of the entity to raise money from PRIs and the like, but would not be an advisable launching pad for the entity itself.