No sure about thermo foil or regular foil I am not looking to put the foil on the counter tops, just the cabinets.

Here are some of the ones I attend regularly.  

You should connect with @Brie Schmidt Haven't been to the meetup yet but it seems more active an promising than the other groups I know about in this area.There are a few other regular meetings in the suburbs but that's a bit difficult for me to attend. http://www.careia.org/

Because I'm in a crazy fire area, I can't get regular insurance on my property, so I have to go with a specialty insurer (like Lloyds of London) through a broker.  

It would generally include everything outside of the studs.Do they have enough in their operating account or do they use reserves (constant borrowing) to fund regular operations.

The best way to do this is to interact regularly in the forums!

In the end of day, the loss of capital takes another deal yielding 100% return or more to make it up to where you start, let alone of the opportunity costs.When I look at note interest rate, I will translate it into after tax rate.With regular or deferred tax account, it’s common to pay 37% tax including state tax, unless you invest inside “Roth” account or your income drop significantly when you withdraw deferred tax account money.Between 8%- 12%, it’s really 5% - 7.6% after tax.

So if you are still following this make a section of land with two sides on major highways and one side on a regular side road of small town USA.

Something that is updated regularly?

You are far less likely to get "drama" over an offer from a realtor seller than you are from a regular seller, IMO.