Newbie from San Diego -- looking into multi families!

[Jessica Goldsmith]

I am a newbie investor hoping to buy and reposition my first multifamily property (4-8ish units) and then refinance it after a year. My background is in nonprofits, front-end web development, and marketing.

Like many on here I would love to reach a point of having financial freedom so I can invest more time and money in what is important to me. Also, I am passionate about communal living so I would love to have at least one property that I hold onto and live in and establish a more intimate community around shared meals and other activities.

As San Diego is such a competitive market right now, I'm researching other markets I can invest in. Since I have job location flexibility, I am hoping to live a year in my first property to get some experience overseeing it.

Excited to connect with people from this community, especially those interested in tag-teaming on some market research for good locations for investing!

[Brian Napierala]

Congrats.  There is a big Commercial RE show in San Diego (CREF), Sun-Wed @ the Marriott Marquis.  It may be worth going to, lots of speakers & information, lenders and related services at the expo.