Condos are less expensive to buy, but you have condo fees and special assessments and condo rules.

And that's if CA want's to flip the $300m/ $400m in legal fee's to keep fighting for it, for decades.    

Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.

I've seen folks pick up single-family homes here for under $200K, add $20-30K in rehab, and refinance to pull out nearly all their capital.Indianapolis, IN: Indy is another fantastic market for first-time investors.

The fee you pay is actually to get access to all the training and to be able to submit to the Deal Genie for either Wholesale, or Fix and Flip Riches.

If you are just looking to network I would go the route of meetups locally (you can check above at the toolbar, hoover over forums then to the right you have events and meetups.If you are looking to wholesale and build a list of buyers that fix and flip for deals you may have then I would pull lists from 3rd party sites like Property Radar or propstream.

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A cash out refi should take 2-3 weeks with most lenders, and you should have only an appraisal a credit report fee as upfront costs. 

Lets say it takes six months  - you just spent $16,000 in lender fees and your $50k you could have invested elsewhere for another $5k.

. - 30 year fixed terms - Usually have a Prepayment Penalty from 1-5 years, although you can price out a 0 PPP for a higher rate or fee- Minimum Credit score is 650 usually, although you could do a lower LTV loan at 620.