Time to put your hard-earned RE investment dollars to work where your assets to society will be appreciated. 

If you have a good job/career that you can rely on for income for the next decade or so, definitely buy in LA.Invest in a less expensive, but gentrifying submarket in order to cashflow.

You can see if the owner is willing to hold off for 6-12 months while you hustle to earn the money and then buy it.Personally, I don't suggest you borrow your way to wealth.

Hello Everyone, Super excited to start my career as an Investor.

If you have no skill in #1 and #3, or if you have a busy career earning a good W2, then you should stay within your lane and just be a passive landlord, but accordingly, you need to adjust your expectation.

I'm dual-career so that I won't have to depend on commission to survive, but I do leg work for contracted clients weekday evenings and time block 2 hours each Saturday and Sunday for what I call "capital investment work" finding deals on and off market.  

I'm a Realtor in Maryland, just re-starting my career after a break for several years. 

Having a lucrative career and being able to pursue these passions is no longer mutually exclusive and I expect some of these markets to continue to surge.

I invested successful in real estate my entire military career, mostly from overseas. 

That might be possible with your current situation but there are plenty of people that move every 12 months (or so) early in their investment career.