Just curious as a topic I see some RE guys start up their own banks locally.I was wondering the benefits to it and expected annual returns or if it is more of a status type thing.I am talking about being a president of a bank and owning it etc. 

@Matthew YovichCall the chamber president ask who they like in the local banks get a referral use the name drop of the pres when calling.

@Cody BakerSearch the largest city in your region, find that club call the president and ask them where are other clubs.Also check for the local landlord association they will have meetings you could attend.Paul

He is the past president of the Kentucky CCIM Chapter and I am the president of the Indiana chapter.

I heard on a podcast awhile back about an investor seeking out bank's REO portfolio's often from a bank officer or president.

Find them through Google and meetup.com Here you can find people to work with.Call the Chamber of Commerce President, ask them who they like in the local banks get the referral use the name drop.

My big break came when I became so active at NUREIA that I ended up getting elected to the board, then I became the president years later.  

I have not used either personally, but I have spoken to two contacts in the Rochester area . . . one is Rudy Napodano at First Niagara:Rudy Napodano, Vice President  Rochester Business Banking First Niagara Bank777 Canal View Blvd.

Having been the major property owner and president of an HOA many years ago, I got tired of seeing the litigation.

In that case, keep in mind that Trump said Bush was the worst President in the history of the United States and that he should have been impeached based on the lies he made up when waging war on Iraq: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jEwnQC3h5l3nVJ7w4uNs7V3YBDoQ Perhaps Gore should be sharing a cell with Bush...at least that's the way Trump would have it...