I'm replacing a boiler for a single-family home, 1400 sq.ft.

Participants are continuously told “we’ll cover all these details so you can do this too in just a moment”, the moment never arrives. 

I’m a 41-year-old father of six who loves the Lord and is driven by a desire to build a better future for my family through real estate.I own a small tile installation business, am a certified insurance agent, and am currently in the process of obtaining my real estate license.

I actually have a wholesale oppurtunity on a multi-family Four-plex that I just promoted on the "Real Estate Classified" section of the Bigger Pockets website!

If I were you, I would first really get brass tacks on numbers for investments, and the second thing I would do is do a discovery phase between you and your family.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Consider starting small by house hacking a single-family home, renting out rooms, or adding an ADU if possible.

You could rent to young professionals or to families.

Investing in a single-family home in LA and expecting a good cash-on-cash return will be very difficult. 

I can also allow a tenant to grow with me - just moved a family from a two bedroom to a three bedroom apartment.Personally the only reasons I would choose to invest in multiple markets is a) because I wanted an excuse to go somewhere regularly or b) for economic/geographic diversity.I had the advantage that my home market was good.