I am interested in networking and meeting up with people that are excited and passionate about real estate.

We had a great mastermind group this morning at breakfast.

I've advanced my life and career more from masterminds/mentors than anything I've done. 

There's also @Gal Peretz's mastermind in Nashua every 3rd Wednesday of the month, which is free.

I'd check out meetings & events put on by Edmonton Real Estate Investors Association (EREIA), Collaborate Real Estate, and Mogul Mastermind (all on meetup.com).

@Rick SteinI'm starting my second MF centric meet-up in Austin if you're interested:September 17th from 6:00-8:00 and every 3rd Tuesday going forward at Rudy's Country Store and BBQ, 3914 N Lamar, Austin TX 78756Format will be education, networking and masterminding from both the active and passive investor perspective.  

If the pitch fest clubs were branded as mastermind groups then I vote "No".

You should join the new mastermind commercial group through this site.Good luck at ISU and with your investing career!

Information is the first step in the process.The rules are too complicated for me to sort out but what my legal master mind group tells me is that the lenders are full of sh-- and they can make no such stipulation that is binding.First, in a short sale they are not the owners so are not able to use any of the exceptions to the "prohibition against restraints on alienation" (this is legal mumbo jumbo for "I say you can't sell it after you buy it")As a lender they may be able to provide funding under certain conditions but in a short sale they are not the lender either.This does get more complicated when Fannie or Freddie or the short sale investor but the rules still apply.Second, many investors mistakenly don't put this up front in their contracts, (I only just learned this technique myself from people I met on this website).see below.."

Good RE attorneys should be part of your master mind group and inner circle...people you can trust for their smarts and expertise, and also that you can trust for their loyalty and integrity.