Reminder: Las Vegas meetup tonight.

They toted duffels stuffed with millions of dollars in cashier’s checks made out in various denominations so they wouldn’t have to interrupt their buying sprees with trips to the bank, according to people who participated in the auctions.Similar scenes played out in Phoenix, where the foreclosure rate hit 5% in late 2010, and in Las Vegas, where it nearly reached 10%.The big investors accumulated tens of thousands of houses around those cities and others, including Dallas, Chicago and all over Florida, then got to work sprucing them up to rent.

Well, it looks like the Las Angeles area people were correct. 

I forgot to mention this is in Las Vegas , Nevada.

Last night we attended the sin city REIA in Las Vegas, hosted by Omar Merced.It was packed with around 65 people, all hungry to learn and grow.

I actually attended Dave and Frank's Mobile Home Boot Camp back in 2016 out in Las Vegas.

According to RealtyTrac, flipping nationwide is back to 2006 levels (see video link below).According to the RealtyTrac:Top Markets for Flips:  Memphis (#1), Tampa, Miami, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando, Biggest Flipping Profits:  Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans.House Flipping Returns In Force (RealtyTrac - CNBC)

I've been looking in Pittsburgh, Utah, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Florida.

I'm looking for something similar in Las Vegas but even fixers that can rent out for $800-900 are $50k+ currently.

Both sound like it would be hard for me to convince I'd like to buy there land, which has all utilities running to it, that they most likely want to leave as an inheritance to their kids, who may like the idea of having land, or a home, within an hour of Las Vegas, NV.