Wanted to introduce myself to the community. To repeat what has already been said a thousand times "I can't believe how much information is on this website".

My bill paying job is a Controls Specialist for a local a...

What I would do (and have done) is give the Bank President's name and number to a relatively new member of my local REIA if I thought they were a good risk.

How about a sticky in the new members forum explaining the importance of colleague requests and how to accept them.

Hi every one..

Hi everyone,
I found this great site while looking to place some of my loan scenario's. I have been in the mortgage business for about 15 years. My focus has been on residential and commerical hard money loans. At...

Hello all,

My name is Melissa and my husband and I have a construction company on California's central coast in Monterey. I'm joining the forum to keep up to date with everything real estate-related and also to find...

I just wanted to let everyone know that we've added 3 new badges to the site. 1 for inviting 10 new members, one for inviting 25 new members, and one for visiting the site every day for a month (for you addicts).The unnamed (possibly Chuck Norris award) award for winning all other badges hasn't been created yet, but then again, no one is even close to getting it (not even me).

taking the plunge to say hi on the new member forums as I haven't done so yet.

Hey Thomas, first post, welcome to BP, you should introduce yourself in the new member forum.BP is the best site I've found to learn the art of successful RE investing.

Allen,I went to Google and searched for "Maryland REIA".There are 13,100 posts there.The first one I opened gave a list of 6 REIAs.Google is a wonderful tool and I suggest you just replicate what I did.Spend a little time there on research to find one that is close to you.REIAs are always eager to get new members and you'll have a great opportunity to network and meet your local players.Come back here and let us know how you're doing.