Follow this link for local Bay Area meet-up's:https://www.meetup.com/topics/...I'm sure a seasoned investor will be able to assist you..

I’m in the South Bay as well and it sounds like you’re doing a lot of the right things!

Some of Bay Park areas? 

In the SF Bay Craigslist is still free, therefore it has devolved into junk lead gen.

Look in Melbourne (32901/32925) or Palm Bay (I generally look in 32905 since it's close to the river, but you can go further with 32907, 32909) for people that work in Melbourne, or Cape Canaveral, Titusville, Cocoa (close to the river, not inland) for people that work at CCAFS/KSC.

My hope is to invest in something turnkey with existing tenants ideally in the Tampa Bay or Orlando area.  

Hello I am trying to start my Real Estate Investing I am 20yrs old in the Tampa Bay Florida Area with 10k$ saves up.

I'm here in the Bay Area, I'm sure there's an independent mortgage broker in your area that you can find.Here's what a vanilla refinance can look like when the power is with the loan originator, not the underwriter:Here's what an investment purchase for an investor who ignored basically all of my advice (ever play the "hey where did this $10k cash deposit come from?"

Anyone out there have conversion rates for a driving for dollars strategy in the SF Bay Area?

I have my own goals to someday buy a house here in the Bay Area, rent that house to pay it off, sell the house and use those proceeds for a down payment on a selfsy but that can take YEARS from now and I want to be successful NOW!