Today, I own twice as many properties as I did then and the guy I took with me is still dreaming about buying his first rental and blaming me for not coughing up the money for him to take his diamond-encrusted shot at his dream life.There is absolutely nothing in the three-day that I could not have learned from Bigger Pockets.

But from my experience, if you take your time to know the market very well and build good contacts (seem like Javier from a reply is a seasoned investor), there are lots of diamonds in the earth's crust.

They're meeting Sunday at 9am at the Panera bread on blue diamond by Silverton casino.

Everyone wants the diamonds and then deals.People WANT passive folks.

Hi @BP I'm considering a purchase, as an investment, in the new MPD of Ten Trails in Black Diamond, WA.

One where they are actually providing you with a diamond deal in spite of a sterling silver scam?

@Diamond Bellamy Welcome to BiggerPockets!

With the Huntsville market so hot, also ask yourself why this property hasn't been already grabbed by other local investors/agents (unless its off market, then you could have a diamond in the rough on your hands).Good luck.

If you haven't already checked out the Bigger Pockets podcast I definitely recommend it.For getting started I also recommend networking with other local real estate investors, particularly folks who are just starting out or have a property or two under their belts.There are a lot of networking groups around but two I have attended, which are education oriented and don't try to sell stuff, are Black Diamond REI in Massachusetts, and RI Real Estate Investor Group in Rhode Island.I'd recommend going there and finding some of those people and setting up some coffees to try to identify some next steps.

The problem with Brookfield is that it does not have enough transactions so there are just not enough deals to allow you to find the diamond in the rough.