Go to local meetings, contractors go to them (at least some I know do) or get friendly with investors and then ask them who they use.

Get a standard landlord policy from your existing insurance company for a house.

It's not a bad idea to flip a house that you don't live in, while you continue to rent.Another option would be to use "house hacking" - buy the house with a standard or FHA mortgage, live there while you make improvements, and sell ASAP after completion.

However, upon meeting the love of life, she awakened the beast within me & I’ve ‘slowly’ accelerated my learning in the past few months.

I have recently graduated with a master of architecture degree and I am excited to learn and meet people in the real estate industry.

It was great to meet you yesterday at the REIA meeting.House hacking is definitely the way to go if you want to get your feet wet in real estate.

Here to research and meet people in the industry.

I'm looking forward to a great time here and meeting some of you all...Sincerely, Ernest F.

There is a local meetup in Lake forest every month that you should check out. http://www.meetup.com/Orange-County-Real-Estate-Investor-Networking/If you would like to meet up before then and talk about investing let me know.

We gave meetings every Thursday.