As for hosting, GoDaddy or Hostgator will be all you need for under $20 a month.

I listened to a podcast shortly after I started that thread and the hosts were even debating what to do with a property in a down market, but one agreed with the"dollar cost averaging" idea.Anyways, it's been discussed that rents do not follow home values necessarily and this data backs that theory: http://www.deptofnumbers.com/rent/us/ .

I sometimes host SF meetups as well as SJ meetups with one next Friday.

At a local meetup I host, we invited one of our local note buyers, Robert Young, to talk and educate us about the process.

Another step in the march to getting Rent Control, and limiting investor activity in Seattle:http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2016/01/seattle-...What do our AirBnB hosts think about it?

@Gary Harris where do you host the 2 meet up groups in north NJ?

What is also important is spreading the word to others about bad actors in this space - for example the individual you mentioned was invited and hosting a REIA event earlier this week on how to raise money....On the flip side,  there are a lot of good actors in the space as well.

As for networking, be sure to attend the monthly SJ meet up hosted by @Johnson H.

Here is a video of there event that I hosted last month if you want to see what it is like.

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