Also congrats on the upcoming wedding hope that goes well

The MUCH better option would be to find that good woman (or man) and make a pact to “live like college kids” at least as far as expenses go... you don’t REALLY need that new car, that big shiny engagement ring, the 5-figure wedding, the huge house, etc.

Unfortunately the monthly meeting was last week but it is the first Wed of the month.  

I am listing their home here in CA on Wed. and then they are planning getting serious about looking.

Any suggestions and recommendations would be greatly appreciated.Thanks Lots of options:- Boston Area REIA in Medford (This Thursday)- Black Diamond in Waltham next Tuesday (2nd meeting in Worcester tonight, normally on a Tuesday though)- The Boston Investor meetup in Reading quarterly (Last week so no meeting for a while)- Eastern Mass REIA in Rockland and Taunton- NEREIA in Chelmsford, 1st Wed of the month- South Shore REIA down by the Cape- House Flipping School meetup in Plymouth- Oceancity Development meetup in Saugus (Last night, 1st time I had been but it was pretty good - go just for the free food

I have been reading a number of threads for the last few days trying to gather a greater abundance of RE knowledge.As well as searching the wed for information, I have made it to an informative RE class and joined a number of MeetUp groups in Colorado, where I will be able to meet experience investors and other wholesalers in the market.My intention is to start out as a wholesaler, and build a list of buyers up.  

There is about 10% equity in the FHA backed loan on the condo, and we had planned to pay off another 10% of the loan value to get to 20% equity for the refinance.Now, to buy a new place we plan to use FHA as 5% down for a multi-unit would be no problem with our cash savings, but 20% down for a conventional loan isn't happening with our wedding 5 months away, and the honey moon after. 

(Wed., July 10, I assume)Ru

I only plan on having her on the title after the wedding and then, she'll start contributing to the mortgage too.

The two REIAs I've been going to when possible are the MAREIA (www. mareia.com) and the MeetUp that happens in Columbia on the 2nd Weds of the month (Ned Carey has the direct links to that site maybe he can post them (that's how I got hooked up with it) .There is the Baltimore REIA that meets in Towson or Timonium - that comes highly recommended.