I'm very interested in starting to invest in real estate as a (hopefully mostly) passive investment to diversify my current portfolio (a mix of business and stock market investments).

There’s typically a good mix of attendees - usually one or more attorneys, a number of agents, many experienced investors, landlords, flippers, rehabbers, contractors, lenders, etc.

@ Ross Reeves I just looked up pa deals online and it looks like they have a mixed reputation.

ok thanks. i just wanted to clarify. because the person i heard this from was at a class about being a "raiser" to raise money for a loan or for a fund. and they were talking about raising money from accredited investors opposed to non-accredited. and the requirement to be accredited was that you needed to make $200k or more for 2 consecutive years in a row. and then the class also mentioned some things about refinancing certain deals. so i think this person was getting something mixed up and confused and combining the being an accredited investor with the refinance part. and i was trying to tell them that i think they are misunderstanding but they kept telling me i was wrong.any other responses / answers would be great.

I have had mixed results and wouldn't consider it again unless I could really trust the quality of the work delivered.

For instance in certain DC neighborhoods, most flips are bought off the MLS...but if you go over just east to PG County you will find a mix of MLS flips and flips being purchased from wholesalers.

It's a mix of 3 bed (8) and 1-2 bed (7) units, came 75% occupied and with a lot of deferred maintenance.

We are planning on doing the others with a mix of commercial portfolio loan and conventional (for one that I am going to hold by myself as a possible retirement home 10-15 years down the road). 

I have gotten a ton of mix reviews.

We are at the end of a 10 year swap on a original $4.2 mil loan.  New about is $3.3 mil.  We are looking at a swap with a major bank.   The cost is about $50K.  (25K for the swap, $10K for the appraisal/condition insp...