NorCal newb here sayin' hello.

[Matt Y.]

Hi I'm Matt. After browsing the site for a while I came to the conclusion that I need to be on here. Great place.

I'm from Lodi (near Sacramento) and my wife and I own two properties. One is a newer single family home she bought before I came along, it is completely underwater in value and we're just renting it out, breaking even. Not ideal but could be worse...

The other is a condo I bought for a good deal and put maybe $10k into it for basically a total restoration, did 90% of it myself and have nearly doubled the value!

We plan to sell the condo because we're tired of the neighbors and HOA's, and start flipping houses! I am a pilot but currently not working and recently I'm realizing that I only want to fly for joy and not for employment, so this option really sounds like a fun journey. I'll be able to be more of a stay at home dad (planning on a kid in a year or so) and still bring money in whilst being my own boss! My wife Sarah is a nurse and luckily they make good money in our area, so that's our steady income. I'm also pursuing an engineering degree in case I don't want to flip anymore.

Hopefully I can not only learn a lot here, but offer help where I can. Always game for making new friends who are interested in the same things as I am, and I'm also always willing to help with projects, offer ideas, or simply toss back a few beers :)

Anyone else near Lodi here? There's actually a good little market here. We're looking for a 3bd/2ba in Lodi/Elk Grove/Ione so if anybody knows of something....

Anyhow good to be here.