If you're interested in a market like Dallas, where things are selling at the speed of light, you need someone to view properties for you, because you're going to have to move on them immediately.

Reliability, loyalty, and speed come at a price.

I'll second that the podcasts are great and I think a great tip is to listen to them at 1.5x speed.

I have a lot of their workers on speed dial :) I have had terrible experiences with First American and had clients have bad experiences with AHS (specifially here- the workers they send are a bit rough).

I am looking to get back into the real estate market, but need to get up to speed with the latest trends.

@Jose Guevarra  big buyer would have their bank on speed dial and get letter in 15 minutes.. just check public records and see if their company owns multiple properties or none.. that will give you your answer

Thanks Paul, I've been inundating myself with various Bigger Pockets sources to get up to speed.

(That's an important question for EVERY property you buy).At the start, you will likely have to wait 6 months for each successive refi, but once you get a few under your belt, with accordingly increased ongoing cash-flow, the seasoning periods might be able to be applied to earlier properties once further appreciation kicks in too, allowing you to speed up your deal-making regimen?

Somehow, none of the necessary infrastructure was completed to  make either of those work ( you need high speed transportation to LAX and/or downtown LA). 

The lender I use on all of my deals is on speed dial and speed text whenever I have questions and he is happy to do so since I bring him so much business.