Best advice (for a novice) when starting out flipping houses? SF Bay Area

[Colleen Hendrickson]

I am interested in any and all advice for a novice like myself (and for other newbies out there!). I am working on researching real estate info and and am starting to join groups to network, network, network! It's exciting to be diving into a new field, but it is also terrifying...I'm sure many of you can relate. I am currently a Social Worker, so this switch would be quite the change-but I've been really interested in this for a very long time now, plus my husband and I are about to move from the Tahoe area to the Bay Area and it seems there is a huge market for house flipping in the Bay Area. I'm ready to explore this in depth and start moving forward, so any thoughts are appreciated!

P.S. Can someone "assure" me that this field isn't completely insane to get involved with?! ;) 

-Colleen