New member from Glendale/Pasadena area of Southern California

[Kevin Chan]

Hello everyone, my name is Kevin.  I'm a physician, working in the Burbank area.  I'm married and have 2 kids- 6 and 7.  

I've been looking towards making an investment in a real estate rental property for many years now.  I've always backed out when I actually got close to making offers and purchases unfortunately.  It's such a big commitment and initial investment in the local area.  But now, I really feel like I've wasted many years and opportunities that I could have been investing and benefiting from appreciation.

I'm finally committed to getting into the game.  I'd really like to connect with others who have experience that I could learn from and might have contacts with property management, handy people, good quality electricians, plumbers, etc. 

I realized that most of the people in my profession are bad at investing.. and the ones that are able to retire at a reasonable time are all into real estate in some form. I'd like to be one of the smart ones in my field. I'm looking to purchase a rental property or 2. I've been mainly looking at duplex to 4-plexes, although I'm starting to consider maybe getting into 2 SFR's to rent out. While I'd really like to delve into long distance investing, I don't have any connections in other parts of the country that would be able to make that easier. As crazy as it sounds, I'd really love to even network with people who might become investing partners in other parts of the US as well.

Thanks for checking out my post.  Looking forward to conversing with and learning from you all.