All Forum Posts by: CJ Berina

@Matt R. noticed you're in the area! We have a bigger pockets meetup every 3rd Thursday of the month in Northridge if you're intersted in joining us. 

@Gabriel Fairman @Jason Franklin we have a BP real estate meetup here in Northridge every 3rd Thursday of the month at Collective Lifestyle - 8906 reseda blvd., Northridge, 91324. 6:30-8:30pm. You should come by! The next one is November 16th. 

@Jo-Ann Lapin not sure this link is working https://hanovermc.com/fix-flip-rehab/

@Trevor Baker nice to hear. Our meetup is in Northridge. Every 3rd Thursdays from 6:30-8:30pm at Collective Lifestyle 8906 Reseda Blvd., Northridge, CA 91324. It's a potluck, so feel free to bring food or drinks, but not mandatory. Come on by! 

Here's the link: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/502944-san-fernando-valley-networking-meetup-northridge

@Andrew Smith hey andrew, yea you should come by the Northridge meetup! We'd love to have you there. 

@Account Closed no problem! Anytime! I'll message you as well. 

@Account Closed Sounds great, we usually do potluck style too, but it's around dinner time. I guess we could do that for a breakfast/lunch as well. 

We can do that exact structure if you would like. 

I don't know their coordinators, but that would be cool. 

@Miles Abrenica sounds great! Can't wait to have you there! Where did you have dinner? Haha

I'm still working on my first deal. But yea working on SoCal. It could be beneficial if you're already paying rent or going to have to pay rent, because it would lower your rental cost, that or build equity so you can pull that out later and get another property, and once you move out you make even more money. So it is possible, just depends how you make it happen. 

@Miles Abrenica Hey Miles, Welcome to BP! You're just down the street! I'm out in Northridge. 

The 20% is not your only option. There is an FHA loan where you can move into a house for only 3.5% down. Then you can "House Hack" that and rent out the other rooms to people.

There's also a book in the BP store, called "Investing with No and Low Money Down." I'm currently working on my first deal through other financial partners that will be funding the deals. 

I'd really try to follow the steps in Set for Life. Try to get a mentor. Learn from as many people as possible. Listen to the Bigger Pockets Podcast, as many of them as possible. 

And lastly, we host a Bigger Pockets Meetup here in the Valley. We just had one tonight. We host them every Third Thursdays at my store, Collective Lifestyle, 8906 Reseda Blvd., Northridge, CA 91324. 6:30-8:30pm. It's potluck style so you can bring food, drinks, or chip in. There's lots of great networking and information going on in there. So yea, you should definitely try to make it if you can. I'll send you a colleague request. 

Good luck! 

@Trevor Baker very interesting, what areas are you looking in?

@Alex J. If you're in the area, we have a Bigger Pockets meetup every third thursday of the month. You should come by!