Looking for First Rental Property in Sacramental CA or Austin TX

[Au Jia]

Hi everyone,

I am in my late 20s and lives in northern California. I have been saving up to do real estate for a few years. I have a looking into Sacramental, CA, and Austin, TX areas to start my first a rental property investment. I have no prior experience so I want to do it safely by sticking to a buy-and-hold strategy. The home value I'm looking at is ranging from 200K to 500K.

Appreciate your thoughts on the

- Sacramento, CA vs. Austin, TX

- Contacts of investor-friendly real estate agents in both areas

- Action plans for a newbie (I've been reading the website and listening to BP podcasts, thank you for the awesome content). I hope to get a checklist, and would really appreciate if anyone points me to it

- Any other advice

Thank you all and hope you all have a good 2nd half of 2018 in RE investing!