All Forum Posts by: Nikky Ly

Thanks @Harjeet Bhatti. I will try to start with my bank first.

Hi all,

I’m trying to get started and thinking of buying my first condo around Concord, CA. I just graduated and got my first job and work for a year now. Does anyone know a good bank or loan officer that I can get pre-approved?

Thanks in advance!

Hi BP members,

I need your help again. I tried to get started with my first home close to work. Does anyone know any real estate agent who specializes in HUD homes and Homepath programs in the East Bay area (California)? (Concord, Antioch, Pittsburgh, Vallejo, etc.)

Thanks in advance!

@Angela Yan Thanks, Angela. I will make sure to follow @Arlen Chou.

And thanks @Matt K. for the advice. I will need to learn a lot more if I think out-of-state.

@Jason Pabon @Matt K. @Tom Ott Investing out-of-state is always a good idea for people in the Bay Area right now. And I will need a lot of advise from you guys on that if I change my mind. I just try to gather more opinions from others before I decide to stick with one.

@Arlen Chou Thanks a lot for sharing. This is very valuable to me. I have been procrastinating for quite a bit with all the fancy criteria I learned from BP. Maybe it’s best to focus on just basic criteria for now. 

@Jana Cain @Angela YanThanks a lot for the local view. It’s really really helpful to me. I would love to know more local people sharing like you since sometimes real estate is just block by block.

@Clyde Allen Thanks for sharing the websites. I know CrimeReport, but not the other two. I will definitely check them out. Thanks a lot.

Thanks everyone for many insight thought. 

@Account Closed I thought about investing out of state, but I just feel like I need to learn the basic by starting small and local before I can really understand and be comfortable investing out of state. That would be my next step in the journey, but not the first one.

Hi everyone,

I live in Sunnyvale, but got a job in Walnut Creek, CA. I’m looking to move to somewhere near by the area and buy my first home. I’m single, so I’m thinking of buy a house and share a room with other people. 

Does anyone have any suggestions for a safe place to live with not too expensive homes? I open with any type of homes (mobile homes, condo, SFH, or MFH).

I searched online and found Concord, Vallejo, Pittsburgh, Antioch, and Clayton. Is any of these cities safe and can be a good rental? 

Thanks a lot for your help.