Good luck, I've heard there are some bills moving through the state legislature to actually increase taxes on business in California since presumably they all have more money from the Federal level cuts.Nothing like living in a totalitarian tax confiscatory state, great way to promote business, innovation and growth.

Real estate isn't like  high technology or social media; it's a competitive industry requiring a significant amount of education, experience and capital to be able to snare the medium to large size deals.

I work in technology sales and my wife is a nurse practitioner; we're also expecting our first child in February 2018, so staying busy getting ready for that monumental change to our lives. 

Firstly, you should familiarize yourself with the smart house technology. 

With new technology coming out regularly, I am putting the old question through new paces.

In life outside of learning about real estate, I'm a Strategist at a marketing innovation firm.

Down time is a REQUIREMENT, even if it's several hours on a single day without any technology etc.

Look at their background, structure, technologies used to communicate with their clients and very important ask for referrals.

A technology companies multiple will be much different, generally higher, than a brick and mortar business such as this.

I work in Information Technology and with the acceleration of jobs going off shore in my field and with companies bringing in landed resources from abroad to work IT in the States I am not sure if I can last that long.My plan is to buy and hold multi-family homes and small apartment building's.