LOL That's a good one Chris.My clients I meet one on one in person for lunch or dinner or if they are out of state or the country we e-mail, talk on the phone, occasionally Skype, etc.These REIA's just seem like pitch fests in some cases as mentioned to extract money from newbies.

My first move was to send a mailer with a handwritten note to the owner's address that I extracted from the GIS maps which aligned with his listed address on a skiptrace service, I called every number on the skiptrace results as well as email addresses but no success.

Roofing contractor then proceeds to inflate his estimate working hard to extract as much as possible from the insurance carrier.

Does your first purchase have any value add that you can perform the value add and extract the sweat equity? 

So I learned to export the spreadsheet, and through "macros", I was able to in one workbook, download QB reports to one worksheet , and from the downloaded sheet, extract the data I need to a second spreadsheet, the custom one, which they need for reporting purposes.

That area is defintely a great rental area, you'll see a lot of grad/young professionals priced out of downtown, but its still going to be tough to meaningfully cashflow.

You may not have the know-how, funds or experience right now, but jump in and you will see how everything start coming together as you are pulled beyond where you are to do more than you think you can do.Most importantly, have fund, make money, memories and meaningful relationships that you can take along your journey.

Not only of investing in real estate but doing it out-of-state and doing it at a meaningful scale.  

Once I extract all or almost all of the investment out, my appreciation will far exceed the midwest.Questions:Why do you think so many of the flipping shows are based in CA?

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