You should definitely make sure to check out the Black Diamond meeting in Worcester (Alternates every other month with its Waltham location, April is a Worcester month).  

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Some good local ones to you would be my personal favorite the Black Diamond meeting in Waltham (Alternates every other month with their Worcester location, next Waltham meeting is in May).  

My favorite is the Black Diamond meeting in Waltham (alternates every other month with their Worcester location, next Waltham meeting is May).  

My favorite is the Black Diamond meeting in Waltham (alternates every other month with their Worcester location, next Waltham meeting is May).

My favorite is the Black Diamond meeting in Waltham (alternates every other month with their Worcester location, next Waltham meeting is May).  

Once you are in the Boston area I highly recommend the Black Diamond meeting in Waltham (Alternates monthly with their Worcester location, next Waltham meeting would be May then July etc.).  

If you head a little north my personal favorite is the Black Diamond meeting in Waltham (alternates monthly with their Worcester location, next Waltham one in is May), as well as many other options around the city and north. 

Here are a few: motivated, fixer, needs work, fixer upper, must sell, diamond in the rough, needs TLC, needs, as is, 

I suggest researching about FHA loans and if you are in Diamond Bar, you may want to start looking out in the Inland Empire for deals around $200,000.