One of the defenses to this is to build strong realtionships with investors.

Ok, I'll look into getting a CPA as suggested, but do I have to confer with him/her or all the time or just now in the beginning?  

It's unlikely that a change in value wouldn't be noted by an appraiser, especially given that the appraiser is the last line of defense for a lender when it comes to value.Imagine if the house got foreclosed upon, the lender got it back in bad condition, and then the lender found out that the appraiser KNEW ABOUT IT before the loan closed.  

I am extremely curious if any of you know any MN investor conferences or networking events.

He's said to be committed to increasing defensive spending which would bring an influx of people and jobs in my market (San Diego) as we have a strong naval presence.

That being said there does seem to be demand for smaller offices that provide reception, mail and conference facilities.

If only we could figure out how to do it as a webinar or whatever it's called where people could speak up as on a conference call, I know nothing about that as I admit being technologically deficient!

Nick - I'm running this cool conference this weekend called the BiggerPockets Summit and will also be participating here on BiggerPockets . . . what about you?

We had an awesome time sponsoring and attending the conference he hosted this year, MTR Summit!

We have for the last 10+ years also run a successful PM business, a vertically integrated renovation business and property coached and spoken at conferences and meet ups, as well as sitting on the regional, and national boards of the property investor associations including being on the committee that ran the 2011 NZPIF national conference in Queenstown and the Property management association in NZ with my wife Tania.I have been using BP to both connect with those who want help in investing here in Otago and NZ as well as plan the next stage of our own investing which may look like getting in to new unit development due to new planning rules coming into law soon in our district and having a real interest in increasing our Cashflow from our existing assets.