New to Real Estate · San Diego · Member since 2018 · 35 posts · 19 votes
Hey everyone, my name is Jared and I'm currently living in sunny San Diego, CA. I'm relatively new to the Bigger Pockets community but I've been a Bigger Pockets fan since the time I listened to my first podcast a couple months ago. Since then, I've been educating myself with real estate in general and have narrowed my interests to buy and hold multifamily rental properties. The goal is to use real estate as a vehicle to achieve financial independence!
A little more about myself - I've been in San Diego since 2011, graduated from UC San Diego, and now work for a large commercial General Contractor. I love being outside, taking advantage of living near the ocean by surfing whenever I can, and learning about this new world of real estate.
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Hey everyone, my name is Jared and I'm currently living in sunny San Diego, CA. I'm relatively new to the Bigger Pockets community but I've been a Bigger Pockets fan since the time I listened to my first podcast a couple months ago. Since then, I've been educating myself with real estate in general and have narrowed my interests to buy and hold multifamily rental properties. The goal is to use real estate as a vehicle to achieve financial independence!
A little more about myself - I've been in San Diego since 2011, graduated from UC San Diego, and now work for a large commercial General Contractor. I love being outside, taking advantage of living near the ocean by surfing whenever I can, and learning about this new world of real estate.
@Jared Aquino Welcome to BP family! Congrats on making the decision early on to invest in real estate. Share your real estate goals and/or what are your next steps and we'll try to help you get there.
Im a Realtor here in the Bay Area, working with dozens of investors. I specialize in locating the off-market properties that no one is aware of and presenting them to my client with no competition. I've spent 9 years in So Cal as well, know all the areas. If you want to connect, send me a email and I can answer any questions you may have.
@Jared Aquino Hi and welcome to BP. I absolutely LOVE San Diego. I was stationed there in the Navy for about 9 years at NAS North Island on Coronado lsland. This is also where I learned to surf and boy do I miss it. Well you will learn everything you need about real estate investing here on BP. It's great your a PRO member so ensure you take advantage of it and check out the webinars. TONs of great learning there. If you have any question or concerns just place them in the forums and you should get some good feed back there. Good luck to you
@Jared Aquino I'd say connecting with realtors, other investors and building your team should be your top priorities now. Networking is the king, especially in person!
Welcome Jared. I also work for a commercial general contractor. It’s helped me understand the different trades that are involved with rehabbing a home. I’m sure the same is for you! It will definitely help in your REI.
Thanks for the welcome @Kevin Fox! I definitely am seeking to network within the BP community and the RE community as well. I'm going to my first RE meet up this Friday so I'm looking forward to that.