VC firms typically do not do real estate, maybe a family office but that relationship takes a good amount of time to build and as you mentioned they will want to see experience.This is a hard question, but I ask them - what are you bringing to the table?

He presented a lease purchase agreement because I would not be able to comfortably afford it with current interest rates.It's a new build (2 years old) SFH with a detached ADU above the garage.

I ask because I’d like to hire a professional to help aid and assist me in building my first one for my property?  

At the time, I had no kids and had just sold a couple of my first self-done flips in the southwest, and was really ambitious about building a homestead somewhere green.

I'm going to house hack it and try to build an ADU in the property and hopefully rent it out and I also have another duplex in Redlands

My wife is opposite and loves to build relationships with owners and guests. 

That's my biggest piece of advice is to just get started so the momentum (and equity) can start building.

Basically building new small apartments and keep those for long-term.

You can also build a relationship with a good local agent and ask them to run comps for you, or in certain situations like selling a high-end home to a friend off market I’d recommend just paying for an actual appraisal.

Newer building built less than 20 years ago.