Newbie investor in Southern California

[Zubair Afzal]

Hey everyone I wanted to become more involved in the forums and what better way to start off than with the introductions section.  

My name is Zubair Afzal ( I just go by Zu) and I am starting off in Costa Mesa California.  I moved out to California about 2 years ago from New York.  My goal is to be a buy and hold investor in out of state properties.  I am a pharmacist by profession and my goal is by the end of 2018 to hopefully complete my first deal.  Right now my background in real estate is just reading the many many wonderful books of bigger pockets, but hopefully I would like to obtain real world experience soon enough.  I look forward to getting to know all of you here!  Thank you.  

-Zu

[Ali Boone]

Welcome Zu! Super cool name. I'm up in Venice and invest out-of-state. Feel free to reach out anytime if you want help. Not sure if you're ever up near Santa Monica but on the 2nd Saturday of each month (11am, The UnUrban Coffee House) there's a casual REI meetup and a lot of people there do out-of-state stuff, and everyone does it via different strategies, so it can be a great place to learn about it as people ask questions of each other and bat around ideas.