I'm sensing a theme here :)

There is the Boston AREIA that just moved locations to Medford and met last week so not again until the end of Feb, Ann co-hosts the Black Diamond meeting in Waltham next Tuesday (Website link in her post signature to get details) and if you are familiar with Chelmsford one of the better local meetings, the NEREIA, is there on the 1st Wed of the month (So next one would be 2/5).

(I'll PM you)Also, I organized another monthly meetup in Oakland - on Wed, Feb 19th (not 16th).

We went out of town late October to a wedding in the Keys and came back to find out we had a break in and our kitchen appliances were stolen.

The main theme of RDPD that repeats over and over is common sense to real estate investors, but not to the average Joe, there families, friends etc.

It will be the evening of Wed, Feb 19th in Oakland (ignore date in title - the other dates in posting are correct.)

One of his main themes in the book is;"Where are you going to play and how are you going to win there?"

It is hard enough having to go for weddings and holidays.

An investor friendly lender or mortgage broker is going to understand that, and work with you to get the loan.For commercial properties, the ratio of the NOI to the debt payments is called the "debt service coverage ratio" or DSCR (or some variation on that theme.)

Send them a postcard and have them e-mail you.