Smith says he never expects to get his money back.Many of the investors from the Meta chatroom have moved on to such companies as Amazon.com, Google, LinkedIn and Stripe.

I do this anyway because I've been doing a lot of door-knocking to find new clients, and it's pretty interesting to see what kinds of gems pop up when you aren't just looking at a Google map.

Not exactly sure where to look for this and have done some googling and asking around but don't have a clear answer for how folks have managed keeping the books clean and everything paid on time in a simple manner!

We're seeing lots of growth here in terms of population, job market, and major companies building and developing here like Intel, Google, Meta, Amazon, etc.

While you’re at it don't forget to set up keyword alerts for topics that interest you: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alerts If you haven't already, also check out The Beginner's Guide (http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing), it is packed full of great info. 

The search functionality seems to be keyword driven. 

But google says, probably ought to replace.   

I have tried searching on Zillow, but I haven't been able to find any homes with fire damage by using the key word feature. 

They appear to be ads from google.

There's mixed reviews on google and some reviews on yelp as well.