His group does property management in the SE Valley. 

I'm looking for DC licensed contractor with 203k experience to assist with a SE DC Building that needs various work.

That is more of the full-time investor crowd, per se. 

Figure 10% higher tax (cap gains vs ordinary) and SE tax isn't too bad If someone is over the Social Security limit however still sucks paying it. 

District 24 includes a good portion of Happy Valley, so it's not all liberal SE Portland.

Looking to connect with local developers in the SE Louisiana area.

We are in SE Nebraska (Neb City/Syracuse).

I have done plenty well following some basic real estate investing guidelinesIt's too long to repost how I do that so I'll put it here: It's about the 6th post downhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311-buying-se...I take the Balou approach from the original Disney movie "Jungle book" "if you act like that bee acts, uuh, uuh, you're working too hard".Set up your Systems & Procedures, Analyze your market, put together a marketing plan, work your market, close the business and Repeat

I'm in SE Pennsylvania.

Brief history of myself..I have been a mechanic for the last 16 years..I use to love to fix cars, but now it is time to move on, as I se the writing on the walls, and it is just getting worse in the dealerships..