I am in the southeast region.

For banking I use a small regional bank.  

Most likely a smaller regional bank or a credit union. 

So this is the path I've chosen to follow up to and including being part of my retirement.I believe that networking and gathering real life experience from doing work myself along with following other's guidance (who have been there/done that) will garner me more knowledge and success than paying "gurus" thousand of dollars for bus trips through a city and region I already know well.I am still formulating a 5 year plan (yes, they are passe now a days but I'm old school) and I feel the first steps would be to connect with other REI's, join the local REI Groups and begin growing my network.Any guidance, advice and suggestions from this point forward will be greatly appreciated!

Hi readers, I'm a 26 year old guy in Southern California's Inland Empire region, Corona to be exact.

. - You might try attending the York Region Real Estate Investors meetup.

The rent should be between $225 and $300 to be competitive in the region.

@Jay Hinrichs- I feel this is a good deal as most assets like this one that I have analyzed over the past 18 months are trading at 7 and 8 caps in my region.

Probably should drop some names here, what do you consider a "lender" Do you bank with credit unions or regional banks?

In a 1 square mile area of a region I am looking at investing in there are 5 houses listed between $100k and 130k.