The conference was very valuable, and I will go again.

In Joe's defense, at least here in BP, he replied to your post the same day and gave you 3 ways to contact his business to resolve your issue.  

Moved on to defense contracting, and finally started my own businesses.One of my businesses is a successful landscaping company, and I would like to evolve it into a property management company.I have spent roughly 4 years studying real estate investing, and I would like to finally move into making my first investments now that I feel that I properly understand the cradle to grave process of real estate investing.So far I have lined up the following:-Hard lenders-General contractors-Electricians, Plumbers, Carpenters, Floor specialists, HVAC specialists, Roofers-Mortgage and Insurance brokers-Attorney-30+ real estate agents-Web based database software for investment portfolio tracking-24x7 call center (intergrated with my landscaping call center)-Access to Pre Foreclosures-Access to a Bank that will let me have up to 10 loansMy Strategy:Purchase price between: 20,000-200,000Property Types: Duplex, Quadplex, Multifamily, Condos, Room rentingMaximum Purchase Point: 65% LTV, 55% ARVMinimum NOI: 10% year over yearLocations: Military Presence, DoD Presence, College Presence, Major Job Hubs20% Cash Reserves of Notes (2,000-20,000 per unit)8% of value of properties for repairs (4,000-16,000 per unit)3 years of taxes (1,500-6,000 per unit)3 years of HOAs (600-1,500 per unit)Exchange Strategies:-368 Exchange-1031 ExchangeStructuring:-S Corp Parent Company-LLC Holding CompaniesInsurance:-Standard GL, Flood, Fire, Natural Disaster, Tenant Insurance-Umbrella PolicyWhat Im looking for:Id love to have some guidance that could push me through the crawl, walk, run process into the Real Estate industry.

From what I understand from a conference this past weekend, you go to the HUD homes website, HUDhomestore.com, and choose "Investor" from the dropdown list and you can put in your bid.

He immediately got defensive.

It's still every Monday at 7 in the conference room

If the homeowner does not raise the statute of limitations defense, then the defense is waived and the lender can continue with the foreclosure.What If the Statute of Limitations Runs Out During the Foreclosure?

Also, one of the things we discussed at the last VRSS conference was profiling your guests.

This is both an offensive and a defensive tactic.

Also how did you present yourself and the reason you were there without the owners getting really mad or defensive about there position.