@Mateo RamirezWelcome to the vibrant BP community, where you will find like minded individuals committed to REI and also helping others succeed.While you wait to be connected locally, please review the info below to help with your niche selection.Your time on this social media site will be well spent.You have taken the 1st step by announcing your readiness and commitment to embarkon a REI career.Whether you pursue, wholesale, rehab & fIip or buy and hold it's up to you to decide.The bottom line is that you must take action to start.

To get connected to more local investors, watch for our next meetup announcement in the Forums.

Finding a deal: I have read some books and this blog and podcasts here about marketing for deals- driving for dollars, direct mail marketing, SEO, newspaper announcements, FSBO ads, etc.  

Hey @Naomi Pinger - if you haven't yet, be sure to make an official meetup announcement over in the Events and Happening Forum - as a Pro, you can post there and it'll get a bit more eyeballs and hopefully more people to attend!

Announcement from my local REIA, what do you guys think?

I'm not talking about 2-hour sales pitches, 3-day upsells ... err, I mean "boot camps" or multi-day seminars costing about as much as Tesla's latest announcement (their "affordable", $35K car) where you have to travel, pay for a hotel, can't record, and can't re-take the classes anytime you want/need to.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development warned last week that landlords who refuse to rent to anyone with a criminal record are in violation of the Fair Housing Act and can be prosecuted and fined for racial discrimination.In a 10-page “guidance” issued on April 4, the federal agency announced that any landlord with a blanket policy of not renting to people with a criminal conviction is effectively discriminating on the basis of race or national origin.

I am happy to announce that we closed on the sale of our first flip!

Also, not to be a downer, but if Forbes is announcing an area as a hot investment area then you already missed the bus.

Here's the letter I sent to current tenants of my most recent property purchase:Dear tenant residing at 123 Main Street:We are excited to announce that our company is in the process of purchasing the building within which you reside.As part of the purchase and sale process, I am asking each of you to completely fill out the attached estoppel agreement.