New investor from Sonoma County, CA

[Sarah Wolf]

Hello BP members,

I'm a beginning investor out of Santa Rosa, CA. For the last 6 years since college I've worked in Natural Resource Management. I got my start in Real Estate when I became an accidental landlord in 2009, now I am looking to buy another single family or small multi-family out of state. I am currently looking at investing in Iowa and am just beginning to research the market. I am open to other locations if it meets my criteria, ideally I'd like to invest somewhere I wouldn't mind visiting occasionally and a little closer to CA would be preferable.

It's a challenge to invest out of my market, in a place I don't live and I am looking to Bigger Pockets members, forum posts and podcasts to figure the process out and find a property! Thank you all for your wisdom and contributions. 

Sarah

[Justin White]

Hi Sarah!

I've been working in real estate for the past 4 years in Sonoma County, so let me know if you have any questions or need any contacts for local resources. 

Other than that I am actually moving to Illinois this summer and am planning on diving into investing out there as well, the starting price (as you well know) is much lower than it is here.