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To make a long story short, all we were taught was how to fill out contracts, how to use bandit signs, & how to put offers in on the MLS for distressed or REO properties.This all happened over a course of about a month, but in the meantime I found this site, I started listening to REI podcasts on iTunes, and my knowledge and confidence level went up astronomically.Would I suggest the guru courses, HECK NO!

Here's the article: http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/06/mapping_the_...My bets are on West Adams, Echo Park, Park Hills Heights, and Downtown, all of which are currently in the midst of gentrification and are primed to take off with the expansion of the metro.

Department of Housing and Urban Development has some interesting comments on emotional support animals in this webcast:http://www.ada-audio.org/Archives/?

Listen to the BP podcast, listen to Sean Terry's podcast on itunes (he's a local guy), etc.

The city of Inglewood last night fast tracked the approval of a football stadium next to Hollywood Park.No teams have committed themselves to the stadium, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time...http://la.curbed.com/archives/2015/02/inglewood_ap...

I found this through searching for investing podcasts on itunes and have been on since. 

Advertising almost a month ahead of the sale, instead of 3 days in advance, on the net, nationwide ads on the net, rather than just local, and the price: Rather than setting it at 50%, I set it at 75%, based on many many posts that people weren't bidding much beyond the listed price, or low numbers of responses, and this through the last year of the archives.