I wish you the best of luck.I help organize a Real Estate Investing Meetup out here in Seoul, South Korea.We have meetups once a month and we LIVE broadcast our last one on Periscope.I've connected with a few Tokyo BP members through the site. 

Anything over it may grow organically over time.Apartment appreciation depends on the income the property generates and you have better control over it.

I recently founded two entities: wwwurbanbamboo.co to invest and develop real estate and a non-profit www.porchlightlabs.org to organize ideas and action for sustainable urban development.

I've found that the podcast is perfect for dealing with our lovely Charlotte traffic!

What I mean by volunteer is - volunteer within your professional organizations.

Hi Raymond, if it keeps you organized and it helps you in any way without harming the process, it's a good idea.

By getting fixed quotes effectively you eliminate the risk of having fluctuating costs.Would you say it’s more important to be very detailed and organized in your note taking when evaluating a property to present to a contractor for quotes or is having hands-on experience in rehabbing/construction more important?

My wife and I wrote 500 yellow letters by hand and I created a cheap website on Wix and started a Google Adwords campaign to drive traffic to it.  

Ann is the one organizing the event, which is once a month (you just missed it the other night).

In order to drive more traffic to get more leads, a basic model is to have both.