I've seen there is a REI group in Burlington that meets up on occasion.

This is a common scam written about here on occasion, @LaTonya Norseweather.Many scammers have figured out that some borrowers know not to pay up-front application fees, due diligence fees, or "success" fees, so they had to make up another up-front fee that no one has ever heard of.

I would love to meet up though that may be tricky, I just moved to Chicago about 3 months ago so I'm only in the Yo on occasion now.

On occasion, you will see a mortgage based foreclosure.

I’ve had to pay tenants bills exceeding $3000 on 2 occasions so far.  

As long as the general water pressure in the house is okay, then it is fine if the water heater drips on occasion.

My experience in real estate is minimal as I have subleased apartments for profit on 4 different occasions through air bnb and craigslist.

If repairs are being done now, your repair expense should be minimal in the beginning.Its been said in these forums on more than 1 occasion...nobody is going to care for your property as much as you will as the owner.Good Luck to you!!

The properties are sold "as-is." you can still have an inspection and the other contingencies, but you can't generally expect the bank to make any repairs (on occasion you can get them fix something).

I have used Brady Law firm on several occasions and always been pleased.