Need help with apartment lease/purchase in Monterey Bay area

[Dan Koskinen]

My daughter has been accepted into graduate school at CSU in Monterey Bay.

She will be there for about 2 1/2 years starting in December 2020, and she will need to lease an apartment. A little back round about me: I have just recently retired from the Fire Service in Michigan, and am now doing real estate investing full time. I have owned and managed a building company for 25 years, and have done hundreds of pre-sale home inspections. I was hoping to connect with some local investors and apartment owners in the Monterey Bay area to get a feel for the market in that area. I have been told that Seaside is a more economical area to live in, but we are open to other areas. I also have considered purchasing a small multi family, but without knowing the market, that may not be as practical as it is where I am investing now. I am a member of two local REIA's, which have been extremely important in building my network and I am looking forward to adding to it. We are planning a trip to CA. in December, but would like to have as much as we can planned out before then.

Thank you in advance,

Dan Koskinen

PS: If I can be of help to anyone here in Michigan, please don't hesitate to reach out.  I am about 1.5 hour north of Detroit.  

[Tim Jones]

Hi Dan, 

Your post caught my eye as I work in the fire service in the Monterey area.  While I have investment/ flipping experience it is not in this area. I'm moving here next week after commuting for several years.  Reach out when you get here and I'll take you around....maybe see some stations.

TJ