How do the major players vet their listings?  

My area (New York City/Long Island) is not very conducive to real estate investing (horrible for flipping) but if you ever want to pick my brain for whatever my local knowledge is worth, please feel free to reach out to me on Bigger Pockets as well.Suzanne Player, Attorney

Who are the strongest players on the field?

He said it was impossible for the other players to catch up to him because they simply did not have enough time.

I found great homes and must have put an offer in on 5 houses at least but there are heavy players out here who purchase all cash, which pushes the investors trying to use leverage to the side.

Find the big players in Houston on BP.Add the keywords "Houston" and/or "Texas" to the BP keyword alerts.

@Tom Gimer  good ole boy wink wink has gone away in Oregon as well... not that the Doj per say did anything just too many players chasing the same deals.the day I decided to take our 10 million out of the foreclose bizz and turn it into HML was this:opening bid 80k  home worth 170k  rehab 30k  32 qualifiers with opening bid checks thats 2.4 million in cashiers checks chasing one deal that ultimately sold with maybe a 10k margin...

Set up some keyword alerts for your areas of interest and it can help you stay on top of happenings there as well as help you meet some key players in those markets.

You could tell there were experienced "players" in the room with a seemingly endless supply of capital.

Other charts, graphs and information from some big real estate players makes sense that real estate will not take a big hit during the next recession.