We have a local Foreclosure and short sale guru, his own house is in foreclosure, but you can write him a check and he will "mentor" you I can remember sitting in the back of the room, Listening to one of the "A" speakers, talk about shorts sales.

We go to the seminar and it has a very good speaker.

While the link below is a video aimed at Gordon Brown of the UK, the speaker could just as easily be speaking to President Obama.

Come to network, talk shop, and enjoy yourself.We're going to try and formalize the gatherings a bit with speakers, but expect the usual laid back, easy-going networking event!

I was listening to a BP podcast and the speaker (I think his name was Charles) was saying that if you want to be a good investor you should spend more time learning/figuring out the financing for the property over the property itself.

The first time I tried contacting them I was on speaker phone with my neighbor in the room and he verified his identity to them and asked them to speak with me.

@Jordan TroutmanOn the podcast they ask the speakers what books they like.

At the meetup there was a speaker who was talking about his success to financial independent and when he went through his list of rentals he bought over the years it left me with a lot of questions. 1: Most of his rentals he bought in B+ to A area's in the 300-450k range in Florida.2: His numbers just didnt make sense, one deal he posted it showed literally like a +$5/month cashflow only....So afterwards i started to talk to him more and he mentioned that he is not the type that invest in cashflow, he is a equity investor... intrigued me so i asked more questions and basically he went on to explain to me that he buys properties that need a little bit of work, but have built in equity in the deal, but he has 4 main rules he goes by... 1: If the Roof is greater than 10 years, he always puts a reduction in his offer for a replacement roof.2: If the A/C is older than 5 years, he always puts a reduction in his offer for a replacement a/c.3: If the house is older than 30yrs old, he always puts 10-15k reduction in his offer for a water line replacement.4: He refuses to buy houses with pools....Anyways after a bit of talking he explained to me that he buys larger 300-450k houses, because most investors are educated to not buy them, so there is a lot of room to wiggle on the deals due to lack of competition on offers and most people in that price range are easily able to be purchased with a few % out of the deal to skip agent commisions..Example he gave me, he recently bought a 455k deal for 405k, but the ARV 535k, because he talked them down in needing a new roof, and a/c and offered to pay cash instead of going through an agent if he would drop 4% off the price for that... 

Hey Jaxson,I attend a local meet up once a month in Spring Hill where we arrange speakers to educate our group and exchange local trends and deals.

While watching some really good finance seminars, one of the speakers covered using your vehicle as a write off in real estate, and how he pretty much covers his payment and insurance in just write-offs from his car.