After listening to almost all of the Bigger Pockets podcasts, my fiancé and I are l starting to dive into creative ways to find deals- one of which was contacting landlords with recent evictions in our surrounding cities and counties.

Hi All,I want to first start out by saying thank you to the many of you that I have had the chance to connect with through Bigger Pockets, both over lunch/coffee and here online.With that being said, over the past two years, my wife and I have virtually eliminated all of our "bad" debt and currently saving capital for our first real estate investment purchase.We have truly been committing ourselves to better understanding the in's and out's through our own research and are getting much closer to finally taking action.I am from San Diego, recently moved to Orange County, and I'm sure as many of you know the entry level capital required for investing in CA is quite high due to the cost of living (I could be completely mistaken as I only know the OC & SD market to an extent).

While I'm sure this is negotiable, I would of course rather find the tenants myself and pocket the 7%.

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It looks likes a global trade war that will raise prices across the board just started here in March of 2018, so sell sell sell is the best option if you believe that the drop in consumer discretionary spending will leave less money in people's pockets leading to a recession and/or downturn in real estate values. 

Hello to all on Bigger Pockets.

Excited to be on Bigger pockets and hope to grow and learn along with everyone else!

New to Bigger Pockets and real estate as a whole.

My dad brought my family here with nothing but a 100 dollar bill in his pocket, true story.