But that aside, I agree with the previous suggestion that joining a local REIA is the way to go - take a trip there around a REIA meeting - it's the best way to meet people and get introductions. 

Most are pretty similar, they are a good introduction if you are totally new to notes, get you familiar with the concepts, the terminology.

And that's part of why I decided to make this introduction.

@Patrick Daniel i actually did get one of those market analysis and it was quite impressive but honestly found it useless. not enough to warrant my time to go through. basically i found a property i liked, received the market analysis of comps in the same area with identical features and all that stuff and basically was 50+ pages. i already knew going in where i had to be at, but it was interesting to see that comprehensive report.....not familiar with a buyer's list but will do some research on that. i think with me being new and having specific criteria (e.g., no complete rehab), thought mls was the best route. interesting. 1 out of every 95-100 offers...interesting stat. 2 rejected offers on the same property, so a long way to go haha. it's very tiring to look at so many properties only to find maybe 1 that falls in your criteria and then only to get rejected. the waterfall of looking at properties to getting an offer accepted is demotivating when i take a step back and look at that conversion rate (i'm a digital marketer full time so i look at it from that perspective). thanks for the responses!

I listened to the podcast show 272 today, and the quick tip was to post an introduction so there it is. 

This is a semi-introduction, semi-question I haven't been able to find information on.

A friend got my wheels turning with the introduction of the FHA loan and after discovering the Bigger Pockets podcast, I am hooked!

I am a new member of Bigger Pockets, and it's a pleasure to meet everyone! I am 33yrs old, and I've been living in San Francisco for the past 8 years. My primary goal is to become financially free at 37, and I know I ...

Respond to the New Member Introductions.

As I see that your profile and introductions don't tell us much about you, maybe you could share a bit?