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Newbie to the Bay Area
Hey Guys and Gals,
I'm new to the Biggerpockets community. just want to say that I live in Union City located close to San Francisco in the Bay Area. I recently just bought my first condo about 8 months ago for 368k. It's a 2 bed 1 bath and it's my primary residence. I've remodeled the kitchen and put all new flooring in the entire place.
My longterm plan is to wait a little bit to build up equity and pull some cash out to put that as a down on another place and rent this out for about $2,500 in my market.
I'd love to do this sooner rather than later but I haven't the slightest clue. Any suggestions?
Oh yeah my name is Guido Bertoli. I've never done a real estate deal other than my condo. I'm super excited to get started though.