I'm also going to find a way to get out to some local meetups - so any tips on those would be greatly appreciated.  

If some experienced tax defaulted property investor would consider providing me some of their tricks of the trade, I would like some help knowing how best to sort and filter the tax defaulted properties from county tax agencies.

https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/01/31/ultimate-beginners-guide-real-estate-wholesaling-2/ (Ultimate beginners guide to wholesaling)https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/10/15/bp-podcast-144-getting-out-of-your-comfort-zone-and-kicking-butt-at-real-estate-with-danny-johnson/ (wholesaling tips)https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/10/09/getting-started-real-estate-wholesaler/ (BP Podcast 091 Wholesaling)https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/10/31/wholesaling-podcast-mike-nelson/ (BP Podcast 042 - wholesaling)https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/08/29/flipping-wholesaling-plan-sam-craven/ (BP Podcast 033 - wholesaling)https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/04/04/wholesaling-podcast/(Wholesaling & marketing)https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/08/15/wholesaling-business-lamar-cannon/ (BP Podcast 031 - wholesaling)

This looks like a pretty good pro-tip right here..

does anyone have any tips of what to do or what not to do?

Any tips?

Any advice/tips would be greatly appreciated!

You do not see this today... in any market that I am aware of .. new construction is not nearly as far over its ski tips as back then.Also there is this thought process that owning rentals insulates one from a down turn... this may be the case in already tight RE markets to some extent.. but rentals got hit very hard as well.

Any information, tips, suggestions would be greatly appreciated.ThanksStacie

Thanks for the tip with the laundry.