The institutions that have installed a new CEOs will come clean ASAP.

Try: Massachusetts Real Estate Investors Association - MREIAhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-clubs/massachusetts.htmlFirst listing has monthly meetings in Peabody.

Good evening,I own a 10 unit mixed use property in Methuen, MA.

So what do you do in MA then?

Originally posted by "spectrus":I am no expert like John but I can offer a little assistance.A quick Google search on tic tax benefits should give you some answers like what I posted below.A TIC 1031 Exchange allows you to exchange your management-intensive property for an institutional-quality property with the potential to generate steady income, tax benefits and appreciation.Interesting.

I've seen some institutions, take other deals that are better and came in later, even though they gave someone else a verbal.

Tim,Short Sale (two words) more professionally referred to in the lending industry as a "Short Payoff" means that the institution at hand is accepting less than what is owed to them.

I can afford to set the LLC up if I do it online here in MA but since I want my LLC to serve a couple of purposes I would rather an attorney review it first which then I know I run into the higher costs.

(It is clear on every page of my website that I lend hard money in NH and MA only).

Ron, there are so many hundreds of investors in eastern Massachusetts, that to my knowledge, there are not just a few dominant players.