Its a crazy ride. 

There simply are no free rides and no such thing in real terms as a no cash required deal to start,.........except finding a partner with cash but you need skills and experience to bring to the table.

So feel free to throw me a couple pointers throughout this ride as I will be making threads periodically.

I've driven through it and a lot of kids are outside playing and riding bikes it seems like a great place for families to live which is why I want to buy in this area.

I'm just up in Venice too...I occasionally ride my bike to Redondo and I have friends in Hermosa.

I realize that real estate is a powerful vehicle to ride and build investment capital with, among other things.

The entire 13-hour plane ride back to San Francisco I had burning question in my mind; how to I create a lifestyle where I have the freedom to take a trip like this whenever I want to.As soon as I arrived home I began to heavily research how to get started in different types of investing and creating passive income streams. 

if your sellers are telling OH no worry about foundations or no worry about hail and wind.. then you know to think twice...

Commercial has advantages however vacancies can last a year of longer so you need deeper pockets to ride them out.3) You do not pay off rentals, equity kills the cash flow.

The key is to put yourself in a position that when (not if) corrections and recessions occur you can ride it out and not sell until the market rebounds.