All i'm looking for is learning opportunities and I was hoping to achieve a type of partnership with a local Las Vegas investor.

My name is Will and I will be a successful real estate investor in my future right now im learning and building the best way I can I will start out as a wholesaler and will be the best I can be and move up from there ...

(Las Vegas)

I'm currently located in Las Vegas, NV.

Well, you're in Las Vegas playing poker and everyone,you notice, is cheating but you.  

Who do you recommend for Orange County, CA, Phoenix, AZ, or Las Vegas, NV?

I used to work in radio in the #6 market (San Francisco) and the #40 market (Las Vegas). 

A friend of mine showed me this website and I've been obsessively listening to the podcasts and lurking the forum for a couple weeks now.I'm from the west in the US, mainly Phoenix and Las Vegas, but have lived in a suburb of Madison, WI for the last 6 years.My wife and I have no debt, good credit, a little wiggle room each month, a few thousand cash, a few more thousand open credit cards, and a will to learn with a drive to succeed.I'm planning on attending the August 8th meeting at the Madison REIA and have reached out to a Real Estate agent and Lender in my area in an attempt to start building a network in this community.I'm a veteran of the 82nd airborne with a strong work ethic, and I played poker full-time in Las Vegas for a few years.

I wanted 12 -18% cap rates (interest rates were MUCH higher), and real estate I could buy for 25% + below REAL value.Immediately after the crash of 2008 I sought properties in the most devastated areas (Phoenix, Miami, Las Vegas) that were (1) class A (2) one third previous sale price (3) 8-10 cap rate on residential.Now I look at properties with a steady cash flow (depending on risk and property type), have rents that are short term adjustable in case of high inflation and have a potential equity "kicker", such as neighborhood being developed, restrictive zoning, university expansion, etc.I now divide my portfolio in three areas, not always mutually exclusive.  1- short term mortgage notes or long term mortgage notes purchased at large discounts (secured by commercial properties) for cash flow.  

I attended my first REI Meeting last week in Las Cruces and met some great folks.