Anything I should be aware of and counter with if needed? 

However, Southern California—particularly cities like Los Angeles, San Diego, and coastal communities—benefits from a warm climate and constant demand, which helps to mitigate seasonal slowdowns.

I appreciate your assistance and I'm pleased to be a part of this community.

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(local community credit union).

It is a great community. 

I also think the real estate community is rather small, so will be a situation where knowing the right people will make all the difference.

As we go through the purchase process, what things should we look out for or are red flags to be aware of?

Abel Hi Abel thank you for taking the time to post this I appreciate it It gives me a lot of great information I own a restaurant in a tight knit community so I think I have a good starting point for potential clients I have around 5 hours a day to work on the side hustle I will add that book to my list are there any other books you recommend for getting into real estate? 

I've been in touch with two new agents from the BP community and have high hopes so far, so we shall see.