Living in Southern California, I realize the market here is quite expensive, and I’m not sure if it’s the best place to get started.

Realize that since his reviews include affiliate links he is making money on that so be careful with what you read.

Hell, you can go to a nice steak house and buy yourself a dinner, then get home and realize you could have cooked it for yourself and saved money.

note investor buys a wrap note does not go through escrow and does not realize the person they bought the note from did not pay the underlying when the money was transfered.  

Then I realized having 2 paid off rentals was the dumbest thing I could do financially. lol.

My take as an insider is that it's because it's actually a much harder job than many might realize, and a consultative/ interpersonal/ hands on one that simply cannot be replaced easily with technology. 

And as far as the darkweb you do realize every transaction is recorded on the public blockchain right?

You have to spend the money somehow without always thinking of the 4th quadrant, even though that money was realized from another asset You're in GA so you may relate even better to our market.

Now, I realized I made a mistake by letting them using the garage, since now they are starting taking over. 

I purchased real estate in an Opportunity Zone a few years ago through a multi-member LLC but didn't realize that the real estate was in an Opportunity Zone at the time.