Socal beginner that can save $3500 a month

[Samuel Gates]

Hello,

I am located in Southern California and I’ve been doing my research on RE investing and want more exposure (how to go about finding meet-up groups, where to start, mentors).

Currently I work in the IT field making 100k a year. I currently work from home and I can save $3500 a month with 10k in cash currently. I want to save up another 30k in the next 8 months to have 40k to invest. I also currently have an old school hod rod that is fully restored and can sell for about $20k-25k can i use this in any way? My goal house hack and get into a multifamily commercial unit and then snow ball from there. Any suggestions on what i should do in the meantime (wholesale, bankruptcies).

Thanks,