First time home owner looking to buy a house in SoCal.

[Pablo Flores]

I am 24 years old and looking into buying some property in Southern California purely for investing purposes. I live in Pomona so somewhere not too far from there, maybe around Riverside area. I want to buy a house and rent it, and maybe sell it in a few years once the value goes up. I have about 35k I can put towards this project as a down payment and to fix up the house. Problem is I am completely new to this and have no clue where to get started!! Please help.