Not sure how far Colt's Neck is from Princeton, but it may be worth the trek with lots of great networking and knowledge to go around.You can find more info about the event here:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/47...And if you can't make it, don't worry there are plenty of other great note/real estate meetups and REIA's in the tri-state area.

It dislocated my hip broke my neck and shattered my  my children had minor injuries ...their guardian angel was close by.

I'm in your neck of the woods, with most of my rentals in Kaufman and Hunt counties.

david in our neck of the woods its the opposite the taxing authority must notify by certified mail anyone who has a recorded interest in the property.. which is why very few properties actually go to sale. and very very few with mortgages because the lender gets notified of the sale then can bring it current

One unit had a car end up half way in the living room when someone pulled into a garage that already had a car in itJ.There was a drive by with 3 injuries around the block from 3 of my buildings and last summer I lend my ladders to police officers who were chasing a dread-locked subject through my yards tacked out with submachine guns and vests.

I grew up down in Cannon Falls, not too far from your neck of the woods in Mankato.

Residential REO volume has gone down significantly because of the ROBO fiasco and doing workout loan mods in pre-foreclosure and short sales.There is a difference between a commercial OREO broker and a residential REO one.Residential many REO asset companies have just a few assets trickling in for the amount of agents that have applied.So these companies charge computer platform and system fees and mandatory training sessions and bilk the agents out of what little cash they have.The net 45 days is also not true in many cases.They are supposed to pay in 45 days but many times delay payment for 2 months or longer.This makes the banks or asset companies float interest free loans using and abusing the reo brokers/agents.Then too add insult to injury they take a 1 percent fee off the top with only a 2 percent payout afterwords.Sometimes the bank will start the listing price high even though the listing brokers opinion doesn't agree with them.Then they re-assign to another agent and take a mark down and you are still chasing the bank to pay you the costs incurred with the listing.What you don't have on the reo listing side is CONTROL.Some of the big REO companies HAVE TO sell hundreds of properties a year with volume or they actually LOSE MONEY.For this reason many of my friends have gone to the pre-foreclosure side which is what I work on the commercial side more.Since I work with the borrower the bank has to deal with me to close a transaction versus trying to get into a "good ole boy" network where a company might have a 50 year relationship with a bank already.You can't focus on what you can't control but just take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves and capitalize on them.

Good property insurance can offer protection from injuries related to your rental property, regardless of the owner on title. 

Josh, I am also new to this site and is located in you neck of the woods.

You walk in his office and grab him by the neck and smack the piss out of him for taking advantage of you.