A word to the wise though: I like your style, but your posts in the Forum are suspiciously edging towards direct advertising (by encouraging us to look up your SPONSORED profile) ie. only appropriate for the Marketplace Section.

If you do not want to work your way up in the business and want to pay for instant success, then you may want to look for more of one on one type of paid mentors... these free for all guru events are full of information but very hard to cram what would take you years to learn into a 3 day weekend.BP has a bunch of regular investors that share their investing theories and stories and some of this may help you and its free.. really depends on your learning style...

Larry,I would think it would be based on a few different factors, mostly what your RE investment objectives and style are.

My experience is not enough charge them.I can instantly tell the difference between two vendors between one will do everything for free and one values their time.The one that does everything for free will be lower priced, lower quality, hard to communicate with, frustrating to work with, price oriented instead of quality oriented, typically late all the time, cutting corners, easy to have misunderstandings with, be unsophisticated in his business practices, typically will always lead to deep, ugly problems of some sort due to personality issues, will be reactive during the project, voice mail that is full or phone dead, will require a tremendous amount of babysitting and aggravation from start to finish.The one that values their time will be higher priced, easy to communicate with, quality oriented, on time, will require no baby sitting, will be proactive during the project, typically will be a very easy and painless working relationship.There is more money to be made in the long run when you focus your time on what's important to move your business ahead, freeing up your time and aggrivation allows you to increase your income faster than babysitting everything and pulling your hair out and everything taking 3 times as long.

Podio is cheap and has a marketplace that has a number of real estate oriented packages in it, though the quality is iffy.

Property info:-Neighbourhood is safe, family oriented, homes build in 80’s but many on the street have new siding and fantastic curb appeal (the one I am looking at has older siding but still nice curb appeal), bright and very wide street unlike most in the areas I can afford in-Three bedrooms 1 bathroom upstairs (bi-level), newer kitchen, good condition overall, 1 bedroom suite in the basement with separate entrance, storage, large bright windows and high ceilings, good condition – ready to go minus framing in and adding one door (easy fix).

Yes there are a few of us here in RI on BP too.As you may have seen, BP has some excellent resources for wholesaling as well as some entertaining podcasts :)I also frequently recommend that people seek out a local real estate investor meeting such as RIREIG in RI or Black Diamond REI in southern Mass; I've been to both, and both are information-oriented, great places to network, and don't try to sell you anything.Besides that, if you have specific questions feel free to post them here on BP of course!

Today, investments in Japan properties are mainly for a monthly cash flow oriented play.

A more cash flow oriented area than appreciation oriented.  

He doesn't brag about himself or his business, really like his style.