Budding San Diego Investor - Previously from Ohio & Rochester, NY

[Tim Coulter]

Hello everyone, my name is Tim Coulter! I have been a BP lurker and podcast listener since September 2017 and am now ready to take action. I was born in a rural town in northwest Ohio and then moved to Rochester, NY while in college. After college, I started working in the financial services industry. I have been providing commercial credit cards and ePayables tools to primarily middle-market ($25mm-$500mm revenue) companies across the USA. I work East Coast hours from 5:30am - 2:30pm Pacific, which leaves the afternoon and some evenings for me to pursue my real estate endeavors.

I will be purchasing my first investment property in 2018, with a stretch goal of purchasing 3 properties this year. I would like to house hack a rehab project in San Diego, CA or leverage an ADU to house hack. I also intend to invest out-of-state for cash flow, in my home state of Ohio or a similar market. It may make sense to first do a few flips in the SoCal market to increase capital for OOS deployment ala @David Greene.

I am currently looking to meet investors, contractors, agents, lenders, inspectors, architects, City Council members, and Development Services Department members in San Diego. My specific interests are currently in value-adds through ADUs and single-family to multi-family conversions. 

I would also like to tag along on contractor/investor property walk-throughs to learn how to evaluate deals and understand rehab costs. I am happy to trade my sweat equity for this learning opportunity; the education and building relationships is most important to me at this point. I look forward to engaging with you all on the forums and hopefully in-person with those of you local to San Diego!