It doesn’t cost you anything and they’ll help you navigate a lot of red tape and potential issues. :)

Especially interested in seeing how other members in Southern California or other high real estate markets are navigating out of state deals. 

JV can be very complex (and rightfully so) and most of the time, you want to avoid them, unless you have experience to navigate that field well. 

@Jason Cory How do you navigate through landmarkweb to find private lenders?

Feel free to reach out and I can share some good lenders with you who can help you navigate this process.

I need tech support for the biggerpocekermts site 

I'm on my own comp now and It displayed all the messages correctly, BUT then I had to blindly navigate down the page to hit the 'send message' button as there were page scrolling bars ...  

He had a number for the bank but I had no way to reach someone what would know about his case per say.I started doing some more  research on short sales because I do want to be able to navigate some of these potential leads to more of a systemized tailored strategy  butttttt during my research I kept coming across articles that stated that the lender would require the property that is being negotiated for a short sale to be listed on the MLS.

Navigant Credit Union will do 95% LTV for a HEL not HELOC. 

I"m still trying to learn how to navigate it.