I was born and raised here in San Diego and now work in the Real Estate Technology industry.

Welcome aboard, man :) Just a quick tip from a fellow (ex) IT geek - technology makes it more than possible to invest anywhere in the world these days - don't feel like you're limited to your back yard, by any means.We and our clients invest mainly in Japan, hold note investments in the US, cash term deposits in Euro, and are now expanding to Italy.

anyway... we packed up our search n have stuck to our comfort zone in where we come from (technology field).fast fwd to 2011, I'm focused on sfr n residential mkt (4u)... the current consideration has been flip n according to a CPA re investor, he's told us LLC is not a good vehicle for flip biz, but good for buy hold biz.after about a solid 9mos of gettg familiar w the residential side of analysis etc, I'm now figuring out the ideal strategies n what order to pursue.

.:)I'm sure you've been an early adapter since birth, but it's unlikely that you were surrounded by cell phones in 1982, or even in 1992.We aren't talking technology, we are talking markets with poverty and education problems, often combined with an older generation.

Many of us accountants have clients nationwide thanks to technology.

They're usually at the technological level of a hammer and just as stubborn.

Content creation is the easiest lift for the new AI technologies.

CT is one of those states that has definitely not caught up with technology.

The non-local CPAs make great use of today's technology to collaborate effectively.

By day I'm an I.T. consultant for a large blue technology company.