I've previously had Doctors say in my building who were doing there Residency at a nearby hospital.

Just as I would go in to meet a doctor before having her treat me.Most of the tax preparers I have talked to so far seem to want me to just have them do my taxes without having met.

Why do you get involved in personal lives of people -If this guy cheated on his wife , maybe your doctor cheated one of his patients, your contractor cheated his business partner. 

@Lisa Holloway  I think it really depends on what you want out of RE.If your just going to be a buy and hold you can basically do that one your own there is no mystery to buying rentals.. a really good RE broker will be all you need to help you, along with a decent lender.I think the latest craze is flipping ... either wholesaling or fix and flipping .. this is what is on TV and this is what get glamorized...And of course its probably just a tad glossed over that anyone can do this.. when in fact not everyone can.. just like not everyone can be a doctor or attorney or own a McDonalds etc etc.But are there rag to rich's stories from those that maxed out credit cards and made it .. you bet there are .. are there those that maxed out the credit card went home worked on it a few hours got some rejection and quit  you bet there is.I have seen it in the RE brokerage business.. the last 40 years.. this is a very tough business and it takes hard work determination and if your going to be in the flipping business usually some capital.And then many people have connections they can get private money they have deep pocketed family that will help them.. etc etc.And if I look at my 41 years in the industry I have paid far more than 40k for education licensing continuing ed.. travel to conferences etc. you have to invest in yourself and in your business.. there is only so many that can do this by reading books and on line and spend zero outside dollars to be successfulJust look at all the wanna bee wholesalers who run out there and spend thousands on direct mail when they have never taken one class in how to sell .. and really don't know how to close or what to do with the leads.. a good program up front would probably help many of those that flame out.. thinking it does not work.At the end of the day I personally believe you MUST spend some money on your education and further your business's .Look at top producing RE agents.. they have radio spots Bill boards with their pretty picture up there. all sorts of other paid advertising...

Most of the time they will be on the west side of any town and are populated with doctors, lawyers, and professionals.

Hi Chris,I remind clients sometimes that duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes can be owner occupied and because of it you can get very good non-investor mortgage rates.Obviously purchase price dictates downpayment  and that's still money you would need to have so in this case I would suggest looking perhaps in the East Bay if price needs to be as low as possible.There are some low downpayment loans out there again so that's something you should explore.If you're an attorney or doctor you can also take advantage of special programs.

If you had told someone just 2 years ago that a house in West End/Westview could sell for over $500k or one in Ashview Heights could sell for close to $300k they would have laughed you off and maybe asked you to see a doctor.

I'm abroad so have a good excuse for not investing yet.I have met a group of doctors who are interested in US real estate investing.

Just like I wouldn’t pretend to be a doctor and take out my own appendix, one false move here and you risk causing all your retirement funds to not only become taxable, but to incur an additional 10% early withdrawal penalty if you’re under 59 ½ years old.

I showed my doctor what I had (he does some investing on the side), he thought there should be some kind of “claw back” at the least attached to the property.