Hello, this is my first post :)

[Michael A.]

I'm Michael. I live in Los Angeles and sorta fell into real estate. I'll be the first to say, I have a lot to learn.

Here is the short version: Parents own income property and have always been fairly hands off. After my dad retired (his job was unrelated to real estate) a few years ago due to moderate dementia (likely Alzheimers), I got more involved. Currently, I am managing my parent's three income proprieties (a 20 unit multi-family, a single family home and a commercial property), all located in Los Angeles. 

For the last couple years my focus has been renovating our multi-family property. I moved into one of the units because I was at the property so often. 

As far as goals: In the short term, I'd like to keep learning and meet people. And in the long term, I'd like to put systems in place so I'm not spending all my time on improvements, maintenance and repairs. I would like to focus on investing, possibly flipping, etc...

So far, I've been exploring the forums, listening to the podcasts and started reading the books that are often recommended. 

Aside from real estate, I'm very much into submission grappling (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu / BJJ) and also really like cars, specifically small, fast, German ones. My background is in photo/video.

Thanks for reading.