New House Hacker from Los Angeles

[Conor Murphy]

Hello!

My name is Conor Murphy, a Culver City native, just returning to Culver City after four years at UCSC. I am still in the education phase of real estate investing, having read "The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing" by Spencer Strauss and immersing myself in the BiggerPockets podcasts. I want to aggressively move out of the education phase and start looking at real deals in the Beverlywood and Los Feliz neighborhoods, I just need some discipline when it comes to approaching agents with the right questions, and revealing pertinent information. More specifically, I want to live in one of the units in the multi-family I ultimately purchase.

I have a couple thousand saved up for a down payment and a great co-signer but I don't have credit yet. I know that is the first step and a huge priority. I want to get the most out of my money. 

Thank you BiggerPockets for creating this community.

[Shamim Toufighian]

Welcome to BP! I'm in the education phase as well. Just keep educating yourself and connect with as many people as possible. I've met/chatted with a lot of great people here and have learned a lot.

I live in Los Feliz, and while it's great, it's also very expensive. As @David Tipton mentioned, unless you have a really really good contributor, you'll need to consider other areas.

I'm personally looking into NELA.