Real estate investing has been a passion of mine for time with my mother also having invested early on where I likely have gotten the love and desire to follow similar foot steps.I have taken last 6 months to educate myself and currently own a single family home as primary residence and would like to expand to multi family properties (2-4 units) for additional stream of income, not to mention potential tax benefits for long-term investing.Based on current living situation, I have a fair amount of equity established in my primary residency along with having enough cash to either pay off house completely or use towards investing in a multi family property.Given that I'm the sole source of income for our household with my wife being the home maker for our two kids under 2, trying to weigh out risks with getting started now or perhaps waiting. 

Curious as to thoughts on building ADU’S for equity in LA / SoCal market.Search BP forums for appraisals associated with California ADU additions in single family zones.  

At the end of the day if you run your numbers and analyze like 10 properties a day, and every single day scour the internet for anything new, you will eventually find something that works and know it almost immediately.

After reading so many intros of young, single, eager individuals, I'm hoping I'm not too late to the game! 

While JV's can be more all encompassing, generally they are used for a single deal at a time.

Normally it's single family or multi-family that's the easiest place to begin.

There’s no single right answer to every situation, but the more you educate yourself and build your network, the more confident you'll become.Lastly, don’t hesitate to ask questions here, no matter how small they seem.

Then later on purchase homes with cash (single family homes), I would like to learn how to read the market and know where a state or city is thriving but also learn where it's not.

For example if a single family home rents for $1700 in your area.

., "I will buy at least one single-family home, duplex, triplex, or fourplex before the end of 2019") and then do it.