Or if there are any popular Real Estate Investor meet ups I would definitely like to know about those too. 

The 1% commission idea sounds great, but at least with a certain Seattle company that is growing in popularity, their 1% only represents the selling commission.

Exception, on larger parks/nicer parks, you can afford to maybe higher out the property management services, it is becoming ever more popular, but it is still a long way off from the apartment world.

Bay View seems to be a popular/appealing area, but the schools rate poorly. 

We have a popular architect in the area, Rick Thompson.

Both of those suburbs are very popular.

hey im glad to see other 20-30 year olds on here with the same mind set as myself. im still looking for my first deal aswell a few things i do is check some of the popular real estate apps religiously every dayive also tried direct mailing on some properties ive driven by in hopes of finding a deal but lately not many people and interested in parting with their properties, but the key i keep telling myself is when you get a door closed in your face go to the next one and keep trying!

If you are looking to earn cash flow most folks head to the Midwest to buy rentals.ClevelandIndyKC All very popular destinations for out of state investors looking for cash flow.

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There are quite a few groups that meet regularly all over the Bay Area (I'm pretty sure there is a popular one in the south bay), and many are focused on investing out of state.