I keep seeing contracts with 2-3 week turn times.The lender has to be communicative, extremely organized, and is often a crucial part in giving sellers confidence in choosing your offer.All of this on top of offering great pricing is someone you want on your team.

This deal was very organic.

John Roberts Jr is one of the organizers, is a CPA, and knows the ins and outs of tax advantages for REI.

We organize and manage the project with a good moral compass to guide us.

Having separate checking accounts (and credit cards) specifically for the rental properties might help the most as far as expense organization (and tax) accountability.

Get out and rub elbows with local investors by joining a local real estate investor group.

Fort Worth based with the organizer Jimmy Reed.

Thank you both for the input, the majority of our current buyers list has been achieved mostly as you all mentioned, just through organic networking and marketing but wanted to explore other options if they were proving fruitful for others.Instead, you all have confirmed what I already sort of thought. 

What's the likelihood that the CA duplex increases in value organically?

I am wondering how the experienced investors out there weigh's in on joining the local REIA organizations.