Originally posted by Eric Wang:
Never been to a club meeting, do they discuss any of the following? I been to a meeting sponsor by our City. This has been the most eye opening experience. They had someone from code enforcement talk about code, what will pass inspection and what will not. Someone talk about Fair Housing Law, talk about laws that will keep you out of trouble, type of documents you need to have, how to rephrase your documents so you won't have a lawsuit down the line. Also had an Eviction Lawyer talk about how to properly file an eviction and the common mistakes people make.
Eric,
In the past 12 months or so, the REIA I belong to has covered all of the topics you mentioned except for Code Enforcement. The difficulty with that topic is each little town has their own way of doing things, so it's tough to have one person come in and reflect about everywhere. Fair Housing was presented by people from an organization that sends out "testers" in response to ads for housing. Eviction in general was presented by an attorney.
And other topics get covered also. Insurance, and how to handle the situation of insuring "Subject To" acquisitions; REO purchasing; Self-directed IRA and real estate; plus others.
And we get the guru types as speakers as well. On the days they talk, there often is a line of people waiting to part with their money to purchase the product being offered. Once you know this will be happening, you can simply avoid getting in that line if it's not for you.
