Glad to be part of such an active and helpful online community.

When I choose to take a more passive route I will likely combine the two, true MF in traditionally high appreciation markets.if you go the San Diego route there are additional options due to being local like house hacking, active sweat equity properties, self managed (provides a learning opportunity but is work), etc.Good luck

For instance, if you're in middle-management, then active investing might not be the best fit for you.

I’m finally making the move from simply lurking through the forums to being an active participant.

I would be actively involved in these flips: finding the deals, analyzing the deals, writing up the offers, doing some work myself (I'm semi-handy), working with contractors, and eventually selling the properties.Naturally, I started the hunt for properties!

Before actively pursuing deals and talking to brokers you should already have in place a team of professionals (RE Attorney, REI focused CPA, Property Manager, Contractor, etc) that you can refer to as your investment team when talking to them.

BE ACTIVE.

Wow.. there are maritimers here and active on bp..

To take a home office deduction, you have to have a separate room or area of the house which is used exclusively for your real estate activity. 

Hello fellow members,Has anybody used Active Campaign for CRM for lead management?