I suggest you start out by meeting like minded people and here is a link to a local meetup in the OC: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/1225233-ocre...Good Investing...

@Ethan Slater here's some info we hope you find useful:Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

Everyone wants to get into real estate.

Some will be ok in 2nd position and some will not and force you to refinance out the first - but those are options that are probably cheaper than credit cards 

I'd like to invite you to participate in a group I host called THE MTR Connect.

Handle a few properties for other owners, minor repairs, find new tenants, and rake in 10% .

Welcome to another New Jersey investor.

He’s only 55, he can enjoy his retirement, golf, etc for a few years and buy back in when he sees a good opportunity.

Remote work empowers a national leveling of incomes completely new and unique to anything before.

I did a cash out refi on it to buy 3 more properties.