New Investor in Los Angeles

[Miles Bennett]

Hi all, 

I'm jumping into real estate for the first time at 26 years old in Los Angeles, CA. I'm partnering with my great friend and roommate from Syracuse University. 

I have a corporate 9-5 job that allows me to save money, but doesn't afford me too much free time. My partner is independently wealthy, with free time and money that he wants to start working for him. We are currently renting, and looking to possibly start with a house hack (though affordable multi-family properties are few and far between in LA, so we aren't expecting our prospecting process to be short). 

I just read Brandon Turner's book "The book on investing in real estate with no and low money down" which led me to Bigger Pockets. Of course at this state the name of the game is LEARN - which I have been doing through every book I can get my hands on.  

I'm excited to start some discussions here on the forum to learn from the veterans and with the newbies. Any words of wisdom or simple hellos are always welcome!