thanks Aaron ill definitly will get that book.Nick its sunny over here i wouldent mind swiching places ive never seen snow, the rentals here on the island is both short term and long term.Joshua let me know when your on the island again so we can meet up and talk personaly and yes the wind is good for wind or kite surfing.

I prefer a slower pace like sitting in the rocking chair and eating popcorn while listening to the BP podcasts or I will surf BP for hours month after month, getting analysis paralysis.

I've found that by surfing the forums, you'll run across commentary about different markets that may not have been on your radar.

Just keep surfing Zillow and it'll turn up)Not to mention, if you click on "Price/Tax History", it's really fishy how the rent prices are higher than some areas of Manhattan's at $2.6K to begin with and then constantly change every few months through a slew of rental agencies.

I tried to keep accurate track of the hours on this specific deal, but if you count all of the hours and dollars I've spent over the years on real estate education, evaluating deals, making real estate contacts and even surfing Bigger Pockets, the numbers wouldn't look so sexy.Someone asked Tim Ferris (4-hour workweek) once how he was able to do all his personal reading, blogging and networking in just 4 hours a week.

One of the things that is coming to me from my previous career as a sales rep for some of the top surf skate and snow companies is a style of lead generation that I see very few people mention in any of the forums / blogs that I have been reading over the past years. 

I have been surfing the site looking at articles and forums for several months, and thought it was time to get involved.

Plus the fact that I couldn't find it though web surfing.

Since discovering BP, I have been listening to marathons of the podcast at work, surfing the site during lunch, and reading the beloved Rich Dad Poor Dad in the evenings.

Here's a sampling:Huntington Beach, CA (SURF CITY)San Clemente, CA - Short sale!