New member from Murrieta / South Orange County (Newport Beach)

[Jairo Garcia]

Hi!

I am a recent member to this site and wanted to take the opportunity to introduce myself and hopefully have a chance to network!

To give you a little background on myself, I have a BS in Business Administration and am currently working as an active, licensed CPA for Aviation Capital Group (aircraft lessor in south Orange County). My role is multi-faceted but can be boiled down to 3 main areas: accounting, financial reporting (both financial statements (domestic and foreign) and debt offering memorandums), and financial analysis. My wife’s family lives in Murrieta so we (read: her) decided to raise our family there.

My ultimate goal is to one day retire from the corporate life and focus on real estate investing, exactly what aspect of real estate I don't know, but as I progress through this industry I hope to develop an affinity to something. My current employer purchases narrow body aircraft and leases them to airlines throughout the world so many of the economic principles (prudent asset/liability management, active asset management and conservative cash flow management) and analytical metrics (margin/spread analysis, IRR, ROA, etc) translate well to the real estate industry.

I’ve been reading books/blogs and listening to podcasts and 2 things have become evident to me:

1 – the more I learn the more I see how little I know and,

2 – there is a myriad of ways to find, finance and exit a property.

I would really value the opportunity to meet with real estate investors to get a first person perspective on the Southern California real estate market as well discuss investing strategies, if possible, perhaps I could use my financial background to assist in crunching numbers or interrogate data. My short term goal is to have my first deal under my belt by next spring/summer. So if anyone is agreeable to meet, perhaps over coffee or a meal, please let me know either by replying to this post and we can exchange contact information.

I am very excited about the journey in front of me and hope to hear from you!

Jairo Garcia