New member from San Diego, CA

[Sopheak Phuong]

Hello Bigger Pockets community! 

My name is Sopheak Phuong and I'm from San Diego, CA. I've been blessed to live the majority of my life in San Diego. I'm a little biased but I think San Diego is America's finest city (minus the fact that we no longer have a professional football team but I digress). 

I found out about bigger pockets after a friend of mine sent me a link to a blog regarding tax loops while investing in real estate. After I found the site, I immediately signed up for a webinar (I think it was the BRRRR strategy). Then I began immersing myself in the podcast. This is truly a wonderful site with a ton of information. I've been lurking for months now and I figure it's time to introduce myself.

After catching the real estate bug, I've been a little obsessed with learning as much as possible. I've been watching videos on youtube, reading books (UBG, 7 years to seven figure wealth, Robert Kiyosaki books, etc), and listening to anything real estate related. I am even guilty of attending a "guru" seminar but I am proud to say that I didn't fall for their sales pitch to pay for a mentor. I couldn't justify paying that much for a mentor especially when I knew about bigger pockets. 

My goals are to start investing in small multifamily properties and eventually commercial real estate. My wife and I have considered house hacking but might be a little hard since we already own a condo in Escondido. With the high barrier to entry to invest in San Diego, we are considering investing out of state. I will still entertain the possibility to invest locally if i do seller financing or raise enough private money.  I want to attend local meetups if I can which might be a little hard with a newborn. Anyways I look forward to meeting everyone. Cheers!