Market directly to property owners (hint: search "yellow letters"), form relationships with wholesalers, network in your farm areas, attend REIA's, and reach out to BP members in your farm area.

Does anyone have any helpful hints? 

We could talk about mentorship when the time is right, but I can assure you any hint of mentorship will be met with equielant if not GREATER mutual benefits for you..

As Cody hinted at, they are a bit of a pain to get through underwriting - if you NEED a 40 year loan for financial reasons, you will not meet the criteria.

All you need is:- a way to fund your deals (a source of income, a partner)- the ability to do addition, multiplication, and subtraction- a lot of persistence- some creativityIf you got those(here’s a hint I know you do, you know how to use the internet well enough to be here) then you are fine!

But anyway, he spent 10 min hinting around the questions, until his manager came over and started asking more direct questions.

I think likely prices will be up next year modestly in the SCV (and all of SoCa) vs. this year as I see small hints like monthly inventory/overall supplies and DOM starting to contract, etc, and some newer built homes not being sold for a '69 VW Beatle.

You used the phrase "try to clean up" which seems to hint that your debts need some work so I agree with JScott if you're having issues with basic debts you definitely want to get those in order before stepping into an investment.

Let's give Hays and his staff 45 days to complete their work and file the necessary papers with the courts that will answer many questions we have.I personally am getting tired of everyone hinting or trying to blame Hays or the SEC for their involvement.

And your in the business and show a pattern of this activity your hosed plan and simple I don't care what they signed..My days in the Timber business we handled many elderly clients those are the ones that own mature timber on the West coast and if there was even a hint of an Issue We would insist that their attorney review and approve said contract..