I've had many beginning investors message me on BP who are in the Bay Area  or met them at local meet ups.

My dad is a long time investor and I've picked a few things up from him, but the majority of my knowledge has come from consuming mass amounts of books, podcasts, and reading the forums here on BiggerPockets. 

But the truth is, you only need two things:𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 and 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲Persistence to follow up for 1, 3, even 10 years if necessary.

I run a call center for real estate so deal with this stuff all the time. 

I reside in the Hampton road areas of Virginia and I would really like a mentor to help baby step walk me through the process. 

You probably know that because you can see the day that the payment comes into your account. 

Realtor says another deal fell through because it didn't fit their needs for an event location.We'd be coming in with 20% and look at about $10k in initial improvements. 

At the end of the day, it’s really up to what you want to achieve.

YES, the SD will come to you, if not, NOT your problem, Tell the tenant previous owner never gave to me. 

The address is 401 Travis St.