Even the American Assn of Private Lenders (the organization that Don Konipol and I belong to) is going to cost you a couple grand to go to their events, considering air fare, the conference fees, hotel, transportation, etc, so there goes 20% of your capital.5.

I was on a recent conference call with http://www.rocusa.org/about-us/They know a ton about getting appraisals in your favor.

You would only have to drive to Trona, or many places on the eastern side of the Sierras, to see the fallacy of that belief.

Raymond B.I am investing in Mercer County...about an hour and a half north of pittsburgh...Good area as Western PA and Eastern OH are heating up because of all the Utica Shale / drilling activity.

Webinars, seminars and conferences will always leave you with a million amps in your bum afterward, that's how they make their money.

Next year we'll be adding online courses and live streaming of events for those who can't make it to our conference center.

I still think it's like Sasquatch or the "Eastern Panther" ... lots of claims and stories, but I've never seen one in person ;-)It really depends upon where you look.

(You will still likely to need to pay points and pony up the 1st phase of rehab, plus pay interest and cover carrying costs until it sells, so some cash is needed).Here's one located via googling (based in NYC) that says they'll do 100% of ARV, lending in NY and a number of other eastern states:http://rehabfinancial.com/loan-terms/

I've conferred with other investors around the country that have stated the same.

I'm going to be attending the Inmann Connect conference in Union Square - at the Hilton.