First Time Buyer Living in an Expensive Market

[Moaaz Malik]

Hi All,

I got interested in real estate about 2-3 months ago and have been listening to the podcast nonstop and have read about 4-5 books already.

I’m eager to get my first property but am having a little trouble finding the right deal.

I live in the Bay Area and thought that I would invest out of state because California is so expensive. But now I’m running into the issue where it just seems very difficult going through with my first property and it being OOS.

Ideally I would want to be close to the first property I invest in because I think that would make for a better first experience and I think it’s safer but the properties in the Bay Area are just too expensive.

Just as some more background I have ~90K to invest.

Does anyone have any advise on what I should do? Should I just continue to look in the Bay Area and hope I find a deal or should I just go to OOS investing.