All Forum Posts by: Ryan Blach

That's good news! Thanks @Chris Mason 

thanks for the solid advice @chris 

@Chris Masonundefined I feel the next step of getting pre-approved will be the hardest, without any prior property management experience and counting feature rents as income. On Either duplex or 4plex.

thanks everyone for the warm welcome and replies. Looking forward to discussing and networking with fellow Bay Area investors.

Hello to the wonderful world of BP! I've been lurking on BP for the last 6 months and figured enough is a enough, time for an introduction. I'm 28 and from Campbell,CA my wife and I purchased our home in 2011 that needed a full renovation. We did the work 100% ourselves with the help of a very skilled father in-law and some great friends. Which to me was an invaluable / great learning experience. Long story short it has doubled in value in this crazy Silicon Valley market. Currently in the process of getting a HELOC to have down payment / renovation funds available for future properties.

I am primarily interested in buy and hold multi-family (4 to 10 units) but not totally against SFH. With possibly a few flips mixed in. I know the greater San Jose area quite well (job related) and plan on focusing my attention here. I am pretty skeptical of this "bubble" the Bay Area is in and personally feel it is quite unsustainable but who really knows!! Thanks for reading.