@Joe Splitrock for the encouragement and for being so darn reasonable all the time@Mindy Jensen for expert local insight, knowledge, and mediation skills @Bill F. for getting me out of my echo-chamber and teaching me how to "win every argument"@Jim K.for somehow managing to mix things like Greek mythology and McRibs into otherwise boring real estate talk.

I talked to someone at the chamber of commerce there who told me that what that town needs is more rental property.

Dan, this is a great practical example of what I always advise people to do - figure out how to get into the rooms where you are the only person there who knows anything about real estate.It's totally pointless to be in a room full of other real estate investors who are also looking for money for deals.You want to be in a room full of people with money and no competition from other real estate guys.So, skip the REI and BP meetings and join the country club or the local Chamber of Commerce or a BNI group.  

nah you can do it... but smarter to budget a month without the bathroom.once you start the demo you will keep going until your down to studs and joists.do everything new, you wont regret it.the chamber pot system worked before it can work again.

Talk to the government officials involved in the chamber of commerce/economic development and pick one where the superstars are.Once you have your town identified plan to spend lots of time getting to know it and getting involved.

Then go to every meetup, open house, chamber of commerce, coffee house, REAL ESTATE OFFICE and AGENT etc..... you can find, tell everyone you need to buy a home this week. 

Originally posted by Keela Chambers:@J Scott I'm willing to pay for a good mentor: someone who will guide me through my first few purchases and flips.

However two of our early projects involved the navigation of 3D environments {they were all wireframe or semi-opaque surfaces in those days (late 80's, early 90's) as the hardware horsepower was not there to overlay onto a generated video stream or a live feed} one being ocean floor mapping data and the second remote operation of robotics within the reactor chambers in nuclear power plants.

Some that come to mind are: BNI, Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce.

Hello, my name is Derick but I'll go by Mr Chambers.