@Raymond Lewis I can also recommend the Black Diamond REI group as one that is education oriented, doesn't try to sell you things, and great for networking.

I will use the analogy of skiing - if you have never been skiing it's not recommended to start on the black diamonds.

Since we couldn't find a move-in place, we started wondering about the REO/Foreclosure market to find a diamond in the rough property, but don't really know where to get started should we decide to just turn it into investment property and move forward with doing more property stuff on the side of our other jobs.Our stats:Me - age 41 - annual income from W2 job around $130k and only debts are $38k student loans and $22k unsecured car loanWife - age 29 - works FT from home - annual revenue between $55-75k and growing year/year. only debt is $19k student loans.We're behind on retirement (I have about $75k between 401k and ROTH and wife has less than $10k in SEP and old 401k) due to my only other home ownership from my first wife where she filed CH7 BK and left me with the house in 2005.

Its not like it can just call up and say "hey your sitting on a diamond incrusted gold mine.

I know its red hot up here, I know there are still diamonds in the rough to be found, but it just might take longer to uncover.

They do a lot of work with local Real Estate Investors and are a sponsor of the Black Diamond REIA.  

All by just pressing play on my phone.I want to thank Josh and Brandon and the whole team for allowing me into the inner circle where the diamonds of information are held. 

In a post full of diamonds, you hone in on the piece of coal.

I was never an all A or an all D student.Bring forth your, mid range occupancy, B and C properties that need some shining up and I'll make that baby look like a diamond in the rough.And I'm sure that only helps the A and D level players as well.

If people were submitting to me an area is a B class with a B property at a TRUE 8 cap rate going in NOT on bubble numbers then I have to hand it to them they found a diamond and need to move quick.