Good afternoon,I am new to this forum and am looking for guidance specifically in the form of meetups. 

Good afternoon BiggerPockets,I just had an offer accepted on a home in Rhode Island.

Good Afternoon BP,What makes a deal, a deal?

I'm not even sure why a loan officer would do that and potentially lose a deal to better terms elsewhere, unless they were just lazy? 

Matthew, you gotta stop talking with lazy persons/ agencies.

It ended up not mattering, things when downhill pretty fast this afternoon.

I'm too lazy to wander around granite yards looking for those leftovers and measuring to see if they would work.  

Good afternoon investors,I am looking for input on best books and resources that deal with either wholesaling or deal analyzation.

Clues of a less desirable neighborhood are: several houses on the street are obviously vacant and abandoned; people are congregating on front porches everywhere on a weekday afternoon; the majority of cars parked in some obvious level of disrepair.

He initially said he was a couple of weeks out before being able to start; however, he came back later that afternoon and told me his schedule opened up and he could start the next day!