I am starting out in real estate and would like to network with people.

Not that its impossible to get creative financing or that its bad to start investing I'm not saying that by any means at all the earlier the better but the safety blanket is small with no reserves for an expensive learning experience which in this industry is likely. 

I used money from my business savings earmarked for starting a group home for my mentally ill nephew, who has been struggling since his mother's passing.

Pittsburgh is a great market to get started investing in.

Happy to connect and chat about BRRRRS with you. 

Talking with an agent in a different state the other day and they started talking about this or that issue, that I never really heard about. 

WOW,thanks for the info about the 6 months eviction period allowed for a purchase of foreclosed property in the state of Michigan. i am just getting started and this is a real BOMBSHELL to hear.

Is it not smart to start in California because of this?

Simply put, there are a lot more co-hosts/managers like myself and yourself who got started self-managing their own properties around covid and are now afraid or unwilling to buy new properties at current prices/rates, but want to use their knowledge/experience to keep increasing income in the space. 

I'd say go for it, everybody has to start somewhere.