There's something special about face to face interactions... especially if you're just starting outCan you elaborate on what you mean by "structuring your own deals?"

I am super excited about interacting with people from various areas of REI to help me get the ball rolling. 

Thanks everyone for the responses,Peace, Love & Positivity,Sincerely,Dominic Balconi,Future BP Podcast GuestCommunication and appreciation are the most under utilized and under valued elements of most relationships.

I'm really looking forward to interacting with everyone and learning from all the great people that appear to be involved here. 

I encourage like-minded individuals in the Greater Philadelphia Area to connect with me as it is always great to build a strong community relationship, and being a meticulous systems guy, I am confident that I can reciprocate the goodwill in adding value to anyone's network.To wrap things up, after lurking in the forum shadows and listening to all the Podcasts, I look forward to interacting with each and everyone one of you here on the forums regardless of location, and wish everyone a healthy and thriving future in real estate!

You can play with the interactive graphs to examine all sorts of demographic changes, and "Lexis Nexis Crime Map" works great for my area for examining crime statistics.  

I've already gotten like 15 Colleagues in 3 days (it took a couple of days for me to jump in and start interacting) and some of them just wanted to be my Colleague because I voted for their post. 

@Andrew Wong For some people, they disconnect from a property by hiring a property manager to do all of the guest interaction.

Making money when you buy means that you took into consideration all the elements that can affect your resale price such as the property being in a busy street, to close to apartment buildings, near a cemetery or in an area with bad school ratings.2) Forecast RepairsBeing able to estimate repairs on a property is just as important as being able to predict the resale price of the property when you resale it.

@Steve Fitzgerald Rented.com put out a pretty good article on STR investment cities, it even has an interactive map.