While there are certainly a handful of providers in San Diego, you definitely do not need or want to limit your search to your local market.Expertise, accessibility of support, and availability of the type of self-directed plans and services best suited to your particular investment goals are much more important than where the office is.  

In the future as hard as it may be I'd suggest not getting emotionally attached to any one particular house. 

While you may lose a some money in that particular deal the respect, trust, and reputation you build buy putting your investors first will lead to much more opportunities later. 

I'm currently in the Navy at a shore training command in Charleston, South Carolina. For the last 6 months of the training we are required to live off of base and the Navy will give each of us $1,200 a month for housi...

We caught this particular issue quickly and closed the gap with HUD to ensure it doesn't happen in the future so it's all good.

I don’t have a particular property or project that I’m looking to buy right now so there’s no rush, per se, but I’m always looking and would love to have access to capital should an attractive deal present itself.Thank you in advance to the Bigger Pockets community – this is the best real estate investing resource I’ve come across.

I recommend Quickbooks Online, especially if you're just starting out and aren't married to a particular custom Quickbooks structure.

Maybe don't say "I'm new to investing" instead say "Hey I'm new to investing in this particular market and I'm ready to build a presence here" That statement conveys a lot and it's not exactly a lie even if you have no other properties elsewhere.  

There are other Meet Ups, depending on your particular interests.

I did live here for a couple years while in the service and there’s not particular area I’m set on buying.