Due to the harsh economic climate, real estate is at bargain prices here and I'd like to bring something great to this city, I just don't have the financial means to do so alone.

I believe those people who currently run their own groups could benefit (if they cared to hear what investors really want), as could anyone who might be interested in just setting up some kind of local group of their own.I hope people continue to drop by this discussion to share more details about things like club format (what's good and bad), club meeting frequency, agenda, and so on.This thread could really benefit a LOT of people, but we need more folks chiming in with their thoughts.If you've taken the time to read this discussion, please do leave some feedback.I started this thread because I think things need to change at real estate clubs, and hoped we could stimulate ways to do that.

A small debt does not usually lend itself economically to doing anything other than perfecting the debt in court and filing a lien in the county the property is located in.

My bigger problems with vacancies resulted from outside economic forces that affected all properties at the same time.

Investors that understand the market and understand the economic playing field they are working in can do very well I'm sure.

In fact, for my first deal, he advised against it based on what he thought about the market economics of the neighborhood.

Population growth, socio-economic trends, education, traffic control, fire and police protection, financial leveraging between public and private sectors as well as health and welfare issues.

I think we are in for a long haul of poor economic growth.

You can't really get tied up in attempting to assign a cap rate to a class of property, the cap rate is a function of the use of money, your economic considerations and expected income from the investment.

Run the numbers and see which option makes most economical sense.