utf8=✓&initia...Some other podcasts I enjoy:Vacation Rental Success by Heather BayerThe Hosting Journey by Evelyn BadiaGet Paid for your Pad Hosting Your Home - Airbnb Host Stories

Most of these homes are also listed on the local MLS.One thing I would recommend is that if you choose to bid on a home that is either on an auction site requires an online offer submission use an agent that has experience navigating a transaction with the given website that is hosting the auction.  

AirBNB and VRBO have both stepped up efforts to obscure contact information between host and guests (especially now that VRBO is also charging guests a booking fee, instead of only billing the hosts for the listing service like they did in the past).

I host a monthly meeting in Roseville with education (no sales pitches) and networking with other investors in the area.

He co-hosted a Thrive REIA in Walnut Creek and it blew my mind

I host a monthly meetup in SF for real estate investors if anyone's interested.

Also there are a few BP members who put on some pretty awesome FREE meet ups (Naomi Pinger has one in Olympia, Kevin Carbon in Lakewood/Tacoma, Tarl Yarber hosts quite a few events up north).Search BP & meetup.com and you will find them.

There are massive fishing tournaments on the lake hosted at a marina next door.

Check out:6StorageSTORedgeThe first one looks intriguing due to low costs and full website hosting.

There's one meetup in Santa Monica hosted by Jeff Greenberg