Personally, I would start simple with a single family. 

Hello everyone,I'm currently exploring the housing market in search of my first personal home, which I intend to rent out in the near future after putting in some sweat equity.

But ultimately, know this, no matter who you hire, you are the person who's ultimately responsible for your own signature.

I agree with @Jake Baker - this is what you want to do when making it easier for the person handling your books. 

He contacted the person to see what the guy would give him but the guy tried to talk him down to a lower down payment.

I continue to call the general customer service line, but the person that picked up the call was so useless.

If you were buying a major commercial property, the lender looks a lot less, if at all, at the personal credit of the person who owns the company.

However, it does not provide the same coverage as homeowners insurance, which provides financial protection in case of damage to personal property, disaster or accident such as fire damage or theft.  

Lots of great meetups here as well if you'd like to come out in person and meet many of the top players in person.

Once we start talking about bigger pieces of land that that woulud appear to developers (i.e. homebuilders or developers who do self storage, medical office, industrial, retail/commercial) then I usually can market to them without necessarily having to put on the market, because I know who the players are in SoCal, and that helps especially when seller doesn't want to do an exclusive listing, but will let you bring offers off market.But in general, for random pieces of land that aren't necessarily for the big developers/builders, you certainly need to put it on the market.