Greatvalue for the money, many of the meetings are geared towards newermembers of the community with a strong emphasis on education.https://reif-jacksonville.com/JaxReif is a group who meets a few times per month run by Deborah.

@Jasmine MooreI don’t know if the deal is great or not, but based on the limited amount of information provided, I have my suspicions.Many of us experienced investors, who have looked at, analyzed, rejected hundreds, sometimes thousands of deal offerings, know that inexperienced investors are often influenced by the wrong deal attribute, use incorrect analytical criteria, and place way too much emphasis on perceived potential.

Since they will have no personnel to pay, offer no customer service, and don't put an emphasis on closing in a reasonable amount of time then then have low overhead.  

I have no problem with borrowing on my HELOC to flip houses but my wife would like to own rental properties for cash flow...I can’t wrap my head around going into debt for a small amount of cash flow… I feel like the push here is so focused on growing Large to accumulate cash flow while putting very low emphasis on the risk of the debt that is also accumulating.

A lot of emphasis will go into whether you'd like to be passive or active.

I realize that "minimal work" implies I can't force too much appreciation so I realize the emphasis really needs to be on finding a good deal -- hence why I'm interested in short sales.I was unsure if FHA financing could be used on short sale properties so thanks for that information. 

However, the emphasis here is that it is illegal...no matter who tells you otherwise or tries to justify their own actions. 

A new article in the Wall Stree Journal outlines change to the way that FICO will be calculated, with mor emphasis on recent miss payments and debt incurred. 

I'll explain that to you, but you also need to understand that you're placing too much emphasis on the relevance, due to the credibility, of such analysis and conclusions.So, let the appraisal theory fly.

But I also put a lot of emphasis on "lifestyle value" as well while you are living somewhere for 5-7 years.