I waited to book my room at the resort and they are not longer offering the conference rate during the conference

If you are looking out of state, you would really need to do a lot of homework, target cities and spend time going there, developing relationships, asking BP folks, going to local MF meetups and really understanding who are the players in town that are successful and can lend solid advice.  

Can you resort back to traditional rents?

interesting article talking about how institutional money is merging with competitors.does anyone see this as sign of the top of the market or is there another way to look at this trend since American Homes 4 Rent and American Residential Properties Inc. aren't the first big players to do this recently?

Andre Agassi, and maybe you don't know of him, was a dominant tennis player in the 90's and early 2000's.

There are good basketball players and bad basketball players.

One of the Biggest Challenges I see for All Real Estate Investing Education Companies out there are Students not being able to take action which resorts to blame and failure.

This thread now has new life because a former appraiser, now turnkey provider, steps forward to state that appraisers are not only the smartest but also the only unbiased players involved in a real estate transaction.Thanks for the laughs!

If you are a short term player, then a drug house may be a solid model.  

To put this in sports terms you don't have to be a pro player to be a really good recreational player that is the best in your area.