I found BP shortly after I barely escaped a guru trap two months ago and have been trying to soak up the articles, podcasts, posts, and recommended books ever since.

Where I live, you barely can find a SFH on a tiny lot in a B- to C neighborhood for that amount.

As someone who wasn't even sure about what real estate investing was about at the time, I had no less than 30 people just throw their business cards at me, barely even giving me their name or leaving a good impression.Furthermore, after paying $30 to get in, there was a speaker for an hour and at the end it was a sales pitch to get us all to buy their $1200 Business in a box.I have a friend who keeps forwarding me the CTREIA event invites because he wants to start going, but my time and money is way too valuable to spend on a sales pitch.Can anyone shed some light on the actual benefits of joining a local REIA?

I pull the drywall out with barely any effort because it is so damaged, it comes right out.

He told me he knew lots of people who have failed and lots of people who do it but barely make enough money to pay the bills because there's just too many RE investors.

.- Had roof contractor dude fix part of a car port roof showing signs of wood rot, bare minimum required.- Had handyman tear out some tile in a bathroom and replace it, as cheaply as possible.

I owe student loans for degrees that I barely used.

The MLS usually has lame deals,  marketing campaigns take a while to bare fruit, chasing leads is well chasing leads.  

I live just 12 minutes north of Boston and we barely have any snow. 

Depending on the brand name of equipment, you may have parts-only costs of about $2000 for a bare bones unit and ducts to $4000+.I would infer as to the equipment brand name and costs.