Im based in the Bay Area, CA and work as a Software Engineer for a Self Driving company called Nuro (check out our on-road delivery bot, it’s pretty cool)I’ve been getting educated over the last few weeks on the podcast and the forums, and over the next 90 days I plan to acquire my first property to flip with some of my closest friends.

I would check out Investor Related and maybe even agent/broker FB groups and see who knows someone.

Check out the map in the link below:Purchase Product | NACAMortgage Down Payment Center | Bank of AmericaEligibility (usda.gov) 

A GC with processes in place is going to also be a GC that has experience and is making the effort to maintain consistency.By doing these four basic due diligence checks on your next GC you are much more likely to have a good and profitable outcome and hopefully you find the GC that helps you scale your business to great success.What are some things you do to check out your GC before the work begins?

@Jared Smith I would check out the details on the warranty. 

Do you have any book/movie recommendations that I can check out to become more educated about real estate as a teen?

I did check out New Britain and just like people said, you need to know the area, because some areas are obviously better than others.I would like to get the same idea about the above two, since they both look pretty interesting.

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Checkout TLDR below.I recently came across this article where I read about California's proposed subsidy for housing purchase. https://www.businessinsider.com/california-dream-for-all-program-senate-democrats-new-home-costs-2021-6.

Check out "Sold" by David Greene in the BP bookstore or "The Millionaire Real Estate Agent" by Gary Keller.