We have bought at every duty station and than also bought pure investments.

Take care of the legitimate ones right away and provide your tenant with costing on the purely cosmetic requests.

There are a number of factors that go in to my appreciation assessment, which is pure speculation regardless of WHO is doing the projection. 

Purely anecdotal, it seems like homes aren't being snatched up as quickly as they were 6 months ago.

I am looking to rehab a home (purely cosmetic) in Los Angeles County.  

So let me give you some "team building" advice and direction.I just completed a webinar on building your note team....no sales, just pure content on some of the top vendors you need to have in your corner when it comes to note investing....I provide a quick overview of what each vendor does along with names and contact info for:Due Diligence, Values, Collateral Review, Title, Servicing, Loss Mitigation, Insurance and the Hardest Hit Funds vendors.Tell em Scott Carson sent you!

I'm talking about pure cash flow.  

Hey guys,I'd be interested in meeting up with local Bigger Pockets members and learning a little bit more about each and every one of you.Please feel free to send me a direct email if you guys decide on a date and time.Email: [email protected] - Side note: My partners and I hold a monthly (every first Thursday of the month) SFBREIA mixer dedicated purely towards networking.We have one coming up next Thursday 9/4/13.

That is pure speculation--I have no clue about other places really :)

Not many of us but pure networking and brain storming, no one is there to sell anything.