Speak with lenders early to understand your borrowing power, and explore multifamily properties to maximize your house-hacking potential.

However, exploring out of state markets could offer stronger cash flow upfront, so it’s worth evaluating both paths.A piece of advice would be to focus on building your core 4  team: agent, lender, contractor, and property manager.

Areas near downtown Ventura or the college (Ventura College) are worth exploring for strong tenant demand.

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You can use some of that Salsa dancing and spanish to help you get more info from locals and professionals lol :)

Starting with a smaller property or a few fix-and-flip projects can help you build equity, gain credibility with lenders, and better understand the process before scaling up.Securing funding for larger projects can be challenging without prior experience, but options like hard money loans might be worth exploring.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

While I don’t own investments there, I’ve explored the market and see potential for some long-term growth.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

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