im playing with using a structure for purchasing commercial or commercial with rental units that involves an investor putting up the down payment and my side holding the mortgage.

I look to get into the game they're playing.

I think the play with holding land long term would be to find a rough area that is in the path of re-gentrification. 

If you practice and role-play enough, you can have conversion rates of 25%+. 

Two of the three had returned email addresses, all three had dead websites and on the meetup sites, no activity for a couple of years.With no REIA in my area, what should I do next to try to learn from others in my local area?

I'm curious to hear other's systems for marketing plans.I'm playing around with the idea of having a variable system based on quarter.I.E.

Try to figure out what arena you want to play in and focus your efforts on learning about the areas those properties can be found in.Hope this helps! 

hey all,curious as to know how much capital you started out with when you first began REI, particularly in relation to what your first property cost, the downpayment, and how things played out with it (cashflow, how quickly you recovered your investment, etc.)thanks for any info!

But if there's a bedroom being used as an office, or a former kid's bedroom now being used by an adult, it can come into play. 

Since I have been playing for a while and the industry is getting smaller due to regulations which reduces the traffic and the number of recreational players (which makes the game less profitable) I think is the moment to start transitioning to Real Estate.I am literally devorating everything in BP, just bought the 2 books of Brandon Turner (hey Brundon if you read this just let you know that I love the way you explain and the methods of teaching you follow, I really find them effective for newbies like me) so I will be trying to educate myself in RE as much as I can in order to be succesful in the future.If there is someone out there who is also starting in RE, in spanish market and want to connect me to talk about whatever or just for future networking, dont hesitate to do it!