There are some excellent deals in stockton, manteca, Tracy for entry level, new or very experienced investor willing to drive a little extra and have a bigger wallet, for what you can buy in bay area, you may buy an entire apartment complex or multi-family.  

. ;) As for the business entity, I haven't gotten it set up just yet, but I am acquainted with an excellent US/Canada tax and asset protection lawyer who is an expert in that matter and he can help me with it once I have the property ready to go.

@Larry Fried and Account Closed I just finished the beginners guide and real estate rewind and they were both excellent!

@Corey Petersen Welcome to BP, as @Taylor Shields mentioned, Rarebird is an excellent group.

They are both excellent!

They are a little behind the times on technology (the website is stale and FB group is quiet) but the meetings have a lot of great information and excellent guest speakers. 

If you have excellent credit and lower LTV you should be able to get your rate.

You have plenty of time to acquire property, make some mistakes, have some success and build an excellent long term future.Jon

It was OK, just an Excel spreadsheet with expense catagories.

I'm really curious about this...probably because I'm a professional photographer :) Having seen so many properties online, in newspapers, and free magazines, I have to wonder about the quality (or lack) of the photos of these properties.