RE is a social business, you succeed by knowing people and working with people, especially those who work in the support areas, like Realtors, closing agents, title folks, RE attorneys, surveyors, appraisers and those in the skilled trades.

In fact, one of my mentors lives in Santa Barbara in his 15,000 sqft mansion about a block from the mission.

this has been a crazy, crazy ride, and it's far from over...i'm a social learner, so I'm very thankful for Bigger Pockets and all you have already taught me!

The greatest concentrations of hipsters can be found living in the Williamsburg, Wicker Park, and Mission District neighborhoods of major cosmopolitan centers such as New York, Chicago, and San Francisco respectively.

Hey, GaryThis might be a dumb comment but have you tried using other social media sites ( Facebook, Linkin, etc.) for lead generation.

I've read some the articles and never gave it much more thought, but after listening to the podcasts I realized that this is a full blown social network for investors and decided to become an active member.

Hi Dan Fields Welcome to the wonderful world of Real Estate and the exciting and educational social media site of BP!

I am new to BP Im on the mission to find some wholesalers that have some deals out there in the metro detorit area. email me if you do [email protected]. see you at closing.

I've seem some properties listed on Zillow, dupe's and tri's, that are in and around Mission, New, and Monroe streets.

I strongly urge you to heed Karen's wise advice.You need to step back from the "shiny objects" and figure out your mission statement. . .. . .and even larger than that, do your BUSINESS PLAN.Only then, can you move forward.Much luck with this.