CA newbie looking for OOS opportunities!!

[John Pearl]

Greetings Everyone!

A little about me- My wife and I live and work on the Central Coast of California and purchased our first home about two years ago in San Luis Obispo. We both have great jobs and good income between the two of us. We would ultimately like to end up in Tennessee, where my wife is from and where we met in college. My plan/goal is to build up enough passive income through Real Estate (specifically small multi family units in East TN, but not opposed to SFRs) to quit my current job, move back to TN, and be a full time investor by the year 2025. I plan to do this by reinvesting my profits into more properties and living off of our W2 paychecks. Currently working on networking and building a team of reliable professionals to work with over the coming years.

I have been interested in Real Estate Investing for the past few years, but only recently got the bug and really started getting into it. Every free second I have, I'm listening to podcasts/audio books, reading, or browsing the BP forums. I am specifically focusing on Long Distance REI (shout out to David Greene) and I'm all ears if anyone has any tips/tricks they would like to share.

Stoked to be a part of this awesome community!

John Pearl

[Jill DeWit]

@John Pearl hello and welcome to BiggerPockets!

You definitely came to the right place.  You seem to have a very solid plan of action as evidenced by your post.

What I did when starting out (and what I do now) is send out blind offers to owners directly.  That way, interested sellers can call me and we can work on a deal.

It's a numbers game, John.  The more offers you send out, the more interested sellers will contact you, and the more deals you will close.

This one method I discovered has generated me success over and over again.

Happy to help further. Feel free to PM me. Once again, welcome, and I wish you all the best in your REI career!