Hi, my name is Silvia and I’m from Southern California, South Bay area. I’ve worked myself out of a job as I finished homeschooling my last child this year. My husband and I are looking to create passive income for our family.

My husband’s passion is teaching and wants to be able to teach Math at the local high school. My passion is being able to afford food and shelter on a teacher’s salary. We are looking to supplement his future teaching salary with outside income through real estate investing. We are currently looking at investing out of state and begin our real estate journey investing in duplexes.

We’ve both read “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” and I’ve just finished reading “the Book on Rental Property Investing”. We’ve both listened to many podcasts on Bigger Pockets. I am also in the process of reading “Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor”.

As my husband has a full-time job right now, I am the point man for beginning our real estate journey. 

Welcome to BP.

I'm also in the South Bay area.

Hi @Silvia Hansen ,

Welcome to BP!

I am also a California resident and will be relocating to SoCal in a few months. I have been investing for the past 9 years and have a ton of resources. If I can assist with anything, please feel free to reach out anytime.

Happy Investing!

Hi Antoine and Rod,

I hope I'm doing this right as I'm new to this technology thing.  

Thanks for responding. It's good to know that I am not alone here in the South Bay. 

Rod,  thanks for offering your help. I will definitely keep you in mind.   Uhh, again, being new to this what is best way to contact you?

Welcome @Silvia Hansen , sounds like you are doing pretty well with taking all the right steps. This site is great for networking and getting a ton of real estate information. Best of luck!

Hi Leslie,

Thanks for your encouragement!  I'm looking forward to gleaning wisdom from all you guys.

Welcome @Silvia Hansen you are in the best place to learn everything about REI.

@Silvia Hansen

Welcome to the BP family! Good to have you here! Here are some recommendations for you:

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Wishing you the best!

Hi @Silvia Hansen , I'm in the L.A area too and used to live in the South Bay . Not sure if you've listened to the Michael Swan podcast but he's done really well investing in rentals out of state and he is a teacher as well .

https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/biggerpockets-podcast-238-real-estate-millionaire-teacheraes-salary-michael-swanny-swan/

Best of luck !
Joseph

Hi Ronnie, Dmitriy and Joseph,

Thanks for the great welcome! 

I will look into all that BP has to offer.

I'm working my way through the podcasts, I've just finished 227...... not that I've listened to all of them.   Thanks for the info. It will be next on my list....

@Silvia Hansen That's fantastic, Silvia! Welcome to BP. Great to see more California investors out there. 

Thanks Bryan. 

Welcome @Silvia Hansen

Good to see another Torrance member!

This forum is the absolute best resource for learning about real estate. Dig in and have fun. Definitely check out the podcast interviewing Michael Swan.

Hi @Silvia Hansen , @Jonathan Hulen , and @Joseph M. ,

Thank you for giving feedback that my podcast appearance was informative and useful to you!!

You can do it!!

Swanny

Hi Silvia Hansen! Welcome! BP is a great resource. Im in Irvine, CA and OC real estate is exploding. I see you are starting off my reading the financials and tax information. I actually was an accountant and know the financing side very well. I can give you information and strategies as well as how to get them financed. You can PM me for information or call I'd be happy to give you all the information I have at my disposal. Good luck!!

Hi @Silvia Hansen , @Jonathan Hulen , and @Joseph M. ,

Thank you for giving feedback that my podcast appearance was informative and useful to you!!

You can do it!!

Swanny

Welcome Silvia! I'm just up from you, in Venice. It'll be fun being the point (wo)man! :)

Hi @Rod Stanback ,

I'm sorry I didn't respond sooner, I didn't know the format to do so.  I didn't use the @. Thanks for offering your help. I will definitely keep you in mind. Uhh, again, being new to this what is best way to contact you?

Hi @Antoine Martel ,

So sorry to not say "hey" sooner, I didn't know about the @ thingy. Thanks for the greeting

Hi @Leslie Pappas ,

So sorry for not responding sooner, I didn't know about the @ before the name. 

Thanks for your encouragement! I'm looking forward to gleaning wisdom from all you guys.

HI @Ronnie S. , @Dmitriy Fomichenko ,@Joseph M.

I'm sorry for the late response, I didn't read Dimitriy's excellent instructions on how to continue the conversation using the @ and name. 

Thanks for the great welcome!

I will look into all that BP has to offer.

I'm working my way through the podcasts, I've just finished 227...... not that I've listened to all of them. Thanks for the info. It will be next on my list....

Hi @Bryan Pham

Thanks for the welcoming.

HI @Jonathan Hulen ,

Thanks for the welcome. I'm listening to his podcast now.  Very interesting.

Hi @Michael Swan ,

Thanks for warm welcome. My husband and I found your interview very interesting and informative.

Hi @Ali Boone ,

Thanks for the welcome. I'm looking forward to getting my feet wet.