Hi Michael, I started tax lien investing after  identifying my criteria (types of liens, tax assessor values, owned by bank vs. mortgagee vs. business)went to a couple auctions in the areas I was interested in getting involved in to figure out the pace and the players at the auctionreading 16% Solution by Joel Moskowitzreading through BP to figure out how other seasoned tax lien investors (Ned Carey is one) were approaching their business Hope this helps.

Whereas, some of the newer players might guest for free, or might even pay BP, for the exposure to potential investors.Anyone in the know about this?

If you have deals the networking with real players will follow.

I'm going to keep my personal things pretty limited... record player, clothes, pictures....

I doubt that Google will ever have a worldwide cloud crash, but we sleep better at night knowing that we have some redundancy between two disparate platforms. 

If someone comes to me, I'll send them your way.If you need help in your search or want to verify something don't hesitate to ask.For example: I have clients worldwide and things are just as easy as I e-mail them, talking on the phone.

@Ben McMahon  Ben - We have an HOA section of business, and I will tell you it's very slow and tough to get into as a small player.  

Now I admit that everyone is not Manning, although a lot of us aspire to be, in character and as a player both, but my point is that a lot of people have very valid reasons for renting - people from all walks of life and people at every income level.

We are extremely interested in moving forward with real estate investing and know we need the right players on our team!  

Significant advantages are commercial valuation models w/value add plays and scale, difficult for small players to enter this space w/o a lot of capital and experience on their own.There are many niche areas as Dan mentions.