New Investor in San Jose looking for meet ups/REIA in Bay Area

[Joseph Conti]

Hello Bigger Pockets Community!

I'm a NEW investor living in the California Bay Area (San Jose). I've been spending the last few months really diving into all of the valuable information available not only on the BP site, but also through podcasts and books and I have really caught the real estate bug! I'm getting married in July and my fiance and I have set a goal to buy our first rental property within our first year of marriage as our "Anniversary/wedding gift" to ourselves. She works as a high school teacher and I work as a firefighter, needless to say, our salary/budget does not align with the home prices here in the bay area, but we are not letting that stop us from making an investment here in CA. Some of the areas the both of us have been looking to invest/move to are Sacramento, Modesto, and Fresno. With that being said, we would love to "house hack" and go the small multi family route, as we both agreed it's a pretty solid plan for a first time investment. We really love the BRRR method and see that being the method we will choose to acquire our properties. I have some family that have made a few investments here and there with rental properties that have given some excellent advice, however; I really want to learn more from others that have also had experiences (either good or bad) in the real estate investing world here in the bay area. I live in San Jose but work in Marin County, so I do quite a bit of driving (hence how I started listening to the BP podcasts in my 'mobile university' or 'car' as some may call it). I would love to check out some meet ups to learn and connect with others, but don't know where to go at the moment. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Happy investing to you all!

Thank you,

Joe