As short sale facilitators, we benefit from adding to our pipeline.

I'm certainly not opposed to committing to an agent; I just want to put myself in a position to work with a reputable agent willing to facilitate my learning process along the way. 

@George BlowerDo you know a broker that can facilitate such plan?

But before investing in that area,  I would recommend reading long-distance real estate investingBy: David Greene  and listening to this podcast to get familiar with the systems and strategies that exist to facilitate the process.  

Other options for moving the property are retain all the debt (not great-- ties up equity), work with local commercial bank to facilitate (not sure this is feasible), or just sell the property outright (in this market, takes a long time.)

It also lets users see how their activity is connected to how busy their profile is, and since this is a site designed to facilitate networking, we wanted to make that connection more obvious.

Second what Marco Santarelli said, above - we're complete turnkey (including management and exit strategies, all done in-house) - and the vast majority of our clients are diversely hedged all over the world - they wouldn't dream of trying to manage anything themselves - they do bottom lines and executive calls, and are quite happy to remain in this position, entrusting the ongoing sourcing, facilitating and managing of deals to reliable contractors like ourselves.Takes all sorts, I don't think there are any concrete rules about who uses turnkey and why.

The realtor who facilitated the purchase of my house, and the rehabber who fixed it up.  

It’s critical to build a community for yourself as a Note Investor.This community will serve you through time with deal flow, vendor resources, strategies, due diligence & workout support…you get the point.In my opinion a MMG needs to holds the following to be successful:1)A series of consistent meetups in-person & through video conferencing (i.e. once a month)2)Have a veteran player facilitating the call to help move the discussion along while they smell out opportunities3)Have a safe and open environment so nobody feels dumb bringing up any topic for discussion4)Synergy formation through positive discussion.This could lead to forming buying partnerships, teaming, shared resources, and a whole host of other positive moves5)NO SELLING POLICY.The MMG should not be a forum for selling products and services to each other.Any one else have any thoughts on this?

If you do go the HML I would definitely pay to get a broker to facilitate the process which will like cost an additional 1-3 points but will make sure it closes.