Another New Guy From San Francisco

[Ben Kunzel]

Hello

I am new to the forum and just wanted to introduce myself. 

I have spent the past couple months getting more and more excited about rental real estate investing (reading books, listening to podcasts, etc...) and I finally feel ready to take the leap. 

My business plan in brief is to focus on small multi families out of state (looks difficult, if not impossible, to do in the Bay Area). In the next couple months I want to have an investment city or area locked down and continue to practice evaluating deals with the goal of buying my first property within the year. 

My long term goal from this is to be completely financially free within 13 years (when I am eligible to retire from my federal government job).

It would be great to hear from anyone with a similar plan who lives in the Bay Area.

I am looking forward to learning a lot from you all and hopefully I will be able to return the favor in the future!

[Ben Kunzel]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! 

Have already got some great advice in the past couple days from this post alone. 

Narrowed it down to Memphis, Dallas/Ft. Worth/Houston, or Indianapolis. 

Now trying to decide... to turnkey or not to turnkey... Reading a lot of strong opinions both ways, but I'm starting to think it would be a nice way to ease into the process and learn while still getting some cash flow and capital.