Keep an eye on the market, maintain good tenant relations, and consider diversifying for future investments.

Seems that way in the business of Land Flipping...which is a red flag in my eyes...maybe it's not a part of the real estate sector I need to get into. 

I live in Southern California and want to start investing in property and grow that, I only have $30k-$40k what are my best options?

I do plan on investing by next year 2025, but I do want to increase my knowledge a little bit more and possibly find a mentor and work with one just to get my feet through the door, and start investing by next year. 

Of course one can hire professionals with those skill sets, but for me and my family living in a new city where we didn't know many people, managing and budgeting for large scale renovations would have been a really difficult task when we were starting out our real estate journey while also navigating full time work outside of real estate simultaneously. 

We get a few posts a month about starting one up and this is great evidence that the city is really cracking down.Plus the arbitrage thing...sneaky baaastaaads!

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

I am interested starting my real estate portfolio- need some guidance along the journey on getting started and executing properly. 

I am starting to have faith that when I turn 18 in about 53 days of writing this I have a good clue on what it takes. 

The landlord stated she believes we are responsible for the leak because when we started the lease in November 2022, the leak was not present.