Marlon, Mr Mar, Jax, and Rigo.  

STR on the Mars soon 

MoCo is nice but has increased in value a lot just like DC and NoVA so I would imagine it would be harder there, but I'm not really personally looking at those markets too hard so I could be wrong.I co-host a meetup once/month in Laurel - I'd be happy to pass along the details for the next one once it's posted if you're interested.

Their California branch is in Del Mar.

There is no VA requirement of justification for buying a home, living there for 1 year or more, then buying another home with a VA loan using secondary/bonus entitlement and keeping the first home as an investment property.

Dc, Nova, Southern MD are all outpaced.

If you want RE as a portfolio diversifier and you believe your equities portfolio is large enough, then I still suggest selling but aiming to 1031 into an more lucrative property.I am an agent in NoVa and have many clients who go through the same decision making process.

I am brand new to this site.  I started doing some home flipping from 2001 - 2009, then got into buy and hold.I am at a cross roads, so I recently sold some properties, in an effort to have a portfolio of quality over...

I'm looking for a REI meet-up group that may be located in Alexandria (preferred), Arlington, Falls Church or Annandale, VA.  Does anyone know who I can contact about this or have an address for such a meet-up?

There's a good real estate investment club in NoVA that I could introduce you to.