We are going to relax a couple days on communications and see if we can get a few of our big ticket items in at a better number.

I faced similar issues....a $50k ticket for solutions that might not actually solve the problem....just make it easier to live with...and then I was still stuck with a home that would always have a defect.

I'd be first in line to buy a ticket for that!

I remember they used to ticket at Penn State for your lawn being overgrown.

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/rentals-flips-cocktails-dips-tickets-15804875809

One of my secrets is using lottery tickets and thank you notes.

Meetup and BP forums are your ticket. 

Luke Faulconer If I had to start all over and I thought Real Estate might be my ticket, I would 1) Attend the local Real Estate Investor meetings (all the people who do what you do, are all here) and 2) Find a mentor (which you can find at the local REIA meetings). 3) Build a team of all the people you will need in your real estate dealings, CPA, attorney, realtor, and build a list of backups, 4) Build and execute a system with which you practice real estate, do the same thing over and over and over and over again, until you are the best in your market at what you do.5) Along the way, HAVE FUN, remember that every day is Friday!

I don't care for this deal bc it my ticket into a new market...

There are people who buy plane tickets and hotel rooms to network, so a boot camp seems worth it.