CREAM is a facebook group that hosts meetups from time to time.

I am brand new to REI investment and my first thought was to look at the Springs as you know Denver Metro is bananas.

Have more than one realtor (I usually find 5 in a market and work with all of them until the cream rises). 

I would stick with neutral cream.

You will learn so much that whatever cash you make is just the whip-cream on the sundae. 

The cream always rises to the top, so if you are excellent you will be running crews, finding subs, or something of that nature very quickly. 

Canary In The Coal Mine: Unfunded Liabilities Have Turned Illinois Into A "Banana Republic"The state is buried debt, and hasn’t passed a budget in over 700 days. 100% of their monthly revenue is being consumed by court ordered payments, and the Illinois Department of Transportation has revealed that they may not be able to pay contractors (who are working on over 700 infrastructure projects) after July 1st if the state doesn’t pass a budget.

I'm in Austin TX, which-as you probably know-has been experiencing totally bananas growth and appreciation recently.

My family and I come for shopping and lunch, but might as well stay and play while parents get a drink, then end with Ice Cream or smoothies, and if anything maybe hit a movie or something.

My apologies to have sparked a brief dialog and then banana-split.