I have attended local meetups so that I can have a handful of experienced folks who have resources to share.  

Louis and know some real estate folks there.

Folks just need to understand things never stay the same..

If you are nearby, if you have ever been a pizza delivery person, maybe deliver a pizza to the wrong house that may or may not be the one being foreclosed on so atleast you can see inside a small portion. we used to just go knock on the door some folks would actually let you look around.

Or I'm missing something - followed threads about the conversation from different folk, though.I wanted to get to visit Niagara Falls - Canada side for the week of Christmas to New Year and been looking at the hotels.

I let VRBO and AirBNB handle that.Bottom line is you are taking a risk every time you allow folks to use the house.

We have been in good markets though suburbs of PDX when folks are fleeing downtown. and Charleston SC.. 

Quality over quantity. that would be an interesting exercise for BP super computer who has the most votes to post ratio I bet Mike D is right at the top.. then on the inverse you would have the least votes for the most posts those would be those folks that just post the same thing over and over I suspect.

There's a few other exceptions such as a tax lawyer, but I find that a lot of folks find comfort in just having me respond to any notices that they might get.

Pay attention to 99% of the posts on Bigger Pockets, most folks here have very little money.