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This will introduce you to like minded individuals and allow you to get to know who some of the players in your market are.  

Go to the local RIG meeting its once a week you will meet all the players there in Jackson its a fairly tight knit investing community.. bunch of nice folks

Now the town is stuck with them like an online retailer that went all in on DVD players and corded headphones when everything has now gone to streaming and Bluetooth...  

If you have not studied and don't understand real estate principals and the fundamentals, you won't know what to look for because you won't know what a deal looks like.You are competing in a world of serious players who have done their homework, paid their dues, performed the research, made the business connections and now they typically have too much capital chasing too few deals.Where does that leave you?

I tell him I work only with real players and with cash deals to close fast in 1-2 weeks.

I am a former football player at Auburn University and Fort Lewis College.

Don't hate the game, hate the player!"

I've heard stories as well of Sheriff Sales being like the wild wild west at times (the big players bidding up properties just to keep the new players out of contention) but haven't experienced anything like that first hand. 

Crowdfunding makes real estate easily accessible, however, in regard to institutional/syndicated real estate investments, the advice of an expert who works in the industry every day, knows all the players and their track records, and performs due diligence on each offering is a great benefit to you and comes to you at no cost.