They will likely want you to do all the traditional lead gen steps: cold call, open houses, door knock, etc.

While I’ve flipped a fair amount of houses, Iv never done one one while living in it.

I can't speak to the condo conversion process in your municipality this is something to weigh as well.

You can us a VA Loan to buy a 1-4 unit property as long as you live in one of the units. 

There are plenty of fish in the sea AKA tenants to choose from. 

If all in around $435k, wouldn't she need to leave money into this deal with a projected ARV at $500k?

Hi, I am just about to get started in real estate for the first time: I am thinking about getting a triplex.

-save $1k+ in taxes and fees yearly-can use the savings to get more insurance and a higher liability than the value of house. for flipping houses in California does anyone just put into sole proprietor own name and just use the $1k+ in savings for LLC costs into Insurance or use for savingor am I just being too risky. 

. $30k in reserves seems a bit high since you already have $650k in reserves.

My name is Anne Musa, I currently work 8 to 5, I am looking for real estate opportunities in small multifamily and STR/MTR.