Currently all my income properties are local but I'm interested in North Dakota (relatives there) and Texas (lived there for 5 years).Would love to chat with anyone with similar backgrounds and especially people in Reno/Sparks and people with experience (good or bad) investing in out of area properties.Cheers,Ken

What percentage of first flips result in any meaningful profit at all?

Im really excited to dive deeper into this site and meeting new people in this BP community.I would also like say thanks to Josh Dorkin and Brandon Turner and all the guests on the podcasts for sparking my interest.

Follow up with them in meaningful ways and they will pay it back. 

You came into a thread with a non-sequitor and are putting forth advice and cautions, while it is quite clear to anybody with extensive knowledge in this field that you do not have any specific or relevant expertise or background in the field you are speaking of.Bigger Pockets is a fantastic resource, but this type of interjection without foundation is exactly what makes such a site dangerous to those new to a field and looking for information.As experts in this field, Dmitriy and I spend a considerable amount of time and effort providing helpful, relevant and meaningful information on the topic of self-directed retirement plans to the BP community.  

Meet up in a family friendly (for investors with kids) restaurant and just network and move forward.I'm hoping this post can spark a meet-up for beginning investors that want to start off with like minded people.

But that's the point or else we'd all be millionaires.That little transaction sparked my interest in REI and here I am today.  

Our area has been depressed for quite a while, but recently won several promising bids and quite a number of jobs are coming back to the area.  I'd like to start contacting and locating some builders for some lots I h...

Hopefully, now people can find me, if they are so inclinded and we can start some meaningful discussions about commercial real estate.

The only time in we had a meaningful drop in prices was in '08.