@Iman Moorman Welcome to the vibrant BP community.

@Ming Wu   you may want to look at Portland Oregon... vibrant city... prices are between Seattle and BAy Area prices.. rents are super stable.. 1% vacancy factor in the entire metro area.

He also adds value to my business by helping source tenants thru our collective network, manage subcontractors, and handle my construction-- so I can focus on my economic engine- sales day job.My business model-- I'm sitting on 3 duplexes and 1 quadplex in solid parts of the Twin Cities-- in young, vibrant areas near breweries, coffee shops and great restaurants...

Their should be some type of system to weed out these types of listings and to have a vibrant ,active and trustworthy marketplace Any thought or success stories thru the marketplace?

Whenever the flavor of the month guru comes to town, newbie wholesalers come out of the woodwork.  

We have a vibrant investor community with lots of networking events.

Andrew between now and August take some time and go to eviction courts, investor meetings, etc. to get a flavor for managing a property and what it entails.That should help you in figuring out what you may or may not want to do.

He can slice & dice it in 25 different ways with 55 different flavors.

As @Brandon Turner mentioned the podcasts are amazing, and it will also give you a flavor to the many different methods you can invest in, for example this week @Ankit Duggal had an INCREDIBLE podcast on RE tax lien investing - was eye opening (at least it was for me).

We can't expect a vibrant and balanced local economy to continue without addressing our housing supply as well.