They have a landlord boot camp once a year, but that one has a fee.There is a regular BP meet up in Milwaukee coordinated by Nicole Pettis.

I regularly attend one in Studio City and will be attending the FIBI in Manhattan Beach next Tuesday 1-14-14 at the Belamar Hotel.

I come from a long line of insurance people on both sides of the family, and have more than a passing familiarity with insurance claims as a result (regular dinner table talk)...and I would never in a million years think that someone's burst pipe leaking into my apartment is an Act of God.

We have resources to tap (money and people), and some experience in rehab, but My business partner and I have "regular jobs" so a balance between cost and required repairs has to happen.

I have had success raising money and finding partners at my local REIA.Just like any other marketing strategy, you can't expect to go to 1 or 2 meetings and find these people, you have to be a regular and attend every meeting and talk about the deals you are working on or have worked on in the past.

There is a meetup of So Cal investors who invest out of state coming up, no date set yet but monitor this post:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/517/topics/110489-bp-meetup-in-la-for-those-interested-in-out-of-state-investing?

Hey Greg, we live in Houston but my wife's family is in Abilene so we're there pretty regularly and have liked the houses we see there.

The thought occurred to me the other day to potentially start a fund, at my regular job, to invest in a property.

I've been monitoring this space for a while and I see new real-estate portals pop up every day-- most unaware of the big, BIG registration fees.Regardless, I think there will certainly be a Kickstarter of Real Estate where group funded (crowdbuilding some call it) real estate projects should find easy, or at least, relative funding to its location.

Hi Raymond,I am assuming he monitors this topic.