New to the site, want to buy in socal at the end of summer

[Garrett Carrington]

I have been reading through the forums for a few months now and just wanted to say thank you to all of the seasoned professionals who consistently share their hard earned knowledge with everybody.

I am 29 years old and married. My wife and I are looking to getting into real estate to buy and hold. We are looking to buy our first place around the end of summer and intend on living in it. I would like to start out with a duplex or triplex and live in one unit but getting into a condo cheap and being able to have positive cash-flow with little down in a year when we move on to another property could also be good. Any advise from others in the socal area would be appreciated.

Thank you again for all of your great insight and I look forward to participating in discussions from now on.