Wife and I are getting ready to make first major purchase and I wanted to share something that happened.After many months, I finally convinced my wife that the road to success will require us to downsize from our nice $250,000 single-family home in North Central San Antonio into something more modest, like preferably a live-in duplex or four-plex.

What exactly do you want help with and does this 'consultant' do that successfully?

You can achieve this in Oakland with 20 units, and get the appreciation as well. 

Yesterday was an exciting day! I started a journey back in 2015 towards financial freedom with a goal of acquiring 50 units in 3 years time, and yesterday I was able to acquire a 19 unit value add apartment building i...

There's a big difference between reading books, listening to podcasts repeatedly, asking for advice on this site where the responders don't have a truly vested interest and a mentor that you're paying that has an absolute interest in your success.  

Fellow Investors in California, Bay Area to be specific, can anyone share their successful Subj. 2 deals?

If I had a few successful cash-flowing deals, it seems more realistic that I might be able to weather a bad deal easier.

It seems like a natural succession for a large multifamily unit owner to also own their property management company.  

(OR, once I've reached $1-2M in net worth I can cash out and live off an annuity.)Not sure if I'm thinking about that right, but that seems like the two primary "paths" -- not that they aren't interrelated, but it's relevant because it dictates how much of an appreciation play / vs / cash flow play you're going for.I'm 30, I'd love to make "the plan" to hit "the goal" at 50, that seems achievable, but I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around those 2 paths/end goals and how to "SWOT" the routes for achievability.

In general, copying off those already successful is a good idea.