The BEST way to get your foot in the door is to monitor it yourself, wait for the property to go vacant (even before it goes to foreclosure auction) and call that Broker or whomever is listed on the "IN CASE OF EMERGENCY" sign on the front door or window-- this is standard requirement again for most banks, placing that sign.4-Equity firms- Here's some good news...

No emergence yet.  

I am mentioning this is because if I ever needed some help from them financially in terms of repairs or emergencies, I would have the benefit of access to money without having to take out loans.

Just a reminder: Since it's your first one make sure to have an emergency fund set aside. 

And abrasive as it may be to you...that's just common sense to most.I'm in emergency medicine...after paying for your health insurance....how would you like your doctor to get halfway through a procedure only to say....uh sorry that'll be another $xxxxx to show you how we finish this heart transplant...or is that his right too?

Good to see these platforms emerge.

Cash out refi, Reserve perhaps more of the cash than other investors would so you have a very safe emergency fund, and invest in at least one more property so your monthly cash flow is at least the same as it is now.

Typical, build a bad reputation through deceptive practice and then disappear and re-emerge with a new name and brand to screw people all again.

For example Emerging Trends in RealEstate – The global outlook for 2015 or America’s Rental Housing – Harvard Studies or n.number or published articles and books.At the end of the day you have to look at both macro and micro economic factors so that you are aware of what’s going on globally and it’s local implications you also need to have a deep understanding of your farming areas and know a good deal from bad one.

I put all my cashflow in a "real estate" account and simply use that to either buy more places or use as a emergency fund.