Thanks for the replies everyone! Definitely excited to embark on this real estate journey, and looking forward to attending some online meetups some time soon.
@Kenneth Donaghy - For sure, house hacking to me sounds like a solid step 1 and initial foot in the door that will eventually pave the way for other investment strategies and techniques. With real estate prices so high and cashflow generally on the lower side in the California market, I would probably want to eventually look in cheaper areas out of state, but I don't want to take on too much risk and immediately dive into out of state investing.
@Jared Aquino Good to meet you! Seems like we are on a similar path where we both want to eventually quit our day jobs and do what we actually want to do on our own terms. My goal is to eventually generate enough passive income through rentals (and maybe flips, BRRRR, etc.) to quit my software job.
@Jennifer Zhou Awesome, I will keep that in mind down the road. I'm not quite ready yet to put down a 20% down on a property quite yet. It looks like you're based out of the Bay area, but you also work with folks in the SD area?
@John Reardon Thanks for the rec! Will definitely take a look at SDCIA. I am still relatively new to the area (been here for just over year), so I don't have a large network out here, so it would be great to meet like-minded folks. That's an interesting prediction - it seems like housing in SD is just on the rise, and with more companies open to permanent remote work, I wonder how that'll affect the market if people from other HCOL places flock here for the weather and sunshine. Like if all the bay area tech folks can suddenly work remote permanently and decide to move to SD. I guess we will see how things play out!
