Ann also co-hosts the Black Diamond events in Waltham and Worcester.

I am really having to find diamonds in the rough.

Besides the 2 East MA REIA meetings you heard about in that other thread, there is the Black Diamond meeting in Waltham (2nd location in Worcester) that @Ann Bellamy organizes, there is the Boston AREIA in Medford, @Justin Silverio runs a quarterly unofficial BP meetup in (Woburn though the next meeting is onsite at a just completed project in Reading), the NEREIA in Chelmsford, on the North Shore @Mike Hurney has a couple meetings and there are a few other options as well.

The Black Diamond events that Ann hosts are fabulous ones and if you are serious about looking in Worcester then go to the Worcester meeting for this, there is also one in Waltham that I go to and love.

Jim, on the Black Diamond website, under Resources (then scroll down) are three links that might help you with your research.

Best ones to check out are the Black Diamond meetings.

You should check out the Black Diamond meeting in Waltham, there is also the Boston Area REIA in Medford, being in Quincy the Eastern Mass REIA meetings in Rockland and Taunton would be pretty easy for you to get out to.

If its West coast were deals are like Diamonds and tough as nails to find.. then the person that found the deal deserves more.Start at 50/50 and work whats good either way..

For general real estate investing, my own group, Black Diamond, url in my signature, offers free meetings in Worcester on the 3rd Tuesday. 

Since you are willing to come up this way the Boston AREIA is a good one to hit (FYI if you haven't been recently they moved to Medford) and definitely go to the Black Diamond meeting in Waltham (Only probably a few minutes longer to get to than the old BAREIA location).Keep going through all the podcasts.