I'm in the marketing side of things.Helping experienced investors that are not tech savy.I haven't invested yet.

Within a few hours you can be downhill skiing in the winter or at the California beaches playing in the surf.A lot of high tech is opening shop in Tempe and Chandler (near Phoenix) and housing is more affordable than other successful cities.

My job lets me listen to 20-30 hours of podcast a week and I've been churning through various real-estate podcasts and books for over a year now and I figured it was time to jump in the forums and start having a real conversation.As an electrician I've done just about everything in residential from new to old, giant apartment buildings to picker cabins. if anyone has a question I'm happy to help. for now I'm going to dive into the forums and help as much as I can.

All of this combined with the tech and healthcare growth in our area by such corporations as UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center), AGH (Allegheny General Hospital), Ford/Volkswagen/Argo AI's joint venture on self drivings cars, Uber, Google, Amazon, Carnegie Mellon, and many others, are attracting people to the area who in turn need housing.

It is in Santa Clara very well located and close to many tech employees , so its somewhat easy to get good tenants or rent out. 

My personal call is that it feels like we are in year 10 of a 20-year long tech boom. 

:)Some stats:16 x 2bed, 1.5 bath unitsNOI: 70000Cap: ~10%COC return: ~12%Little about me:Currently working in Corporate America in the Tech sector but I want to build a real estate portfolio to assure my family never ends up homeless.

The cities like this around me tend to be lacking in infrastructure and internet/tech upgrades as they have been mostly left behind with the loss of tax revenues in recent decades.  

CARPOA meetup is first Thursday of the month at the Giant in Camp Hill and there are two great ones in Harrisburg as well. 

There was only one or two companies that did this sort of work on residential tanks and their prices reflected that it was not a giant tank in the ground running a shell station.