I guess all investing groups have those.Well, I kept in touch with them, but in the meanwhile I also approached my local Real Estate Association.

If it is a beach property and you have a beach associations sometimes the beach access rules can change.

A general solution to this is to have a mixed portfolio with unleveraged properties to cover those excess expenses.Also consider the quality of the neighborhood you invested in, because if it is poor, you may have permanent costs associated with vacancy, etc.

There are a lot of upfront costs associated with subdivisions and it doesn’t fit into my focus area.

You can make great money and there are also some challanges associated with it.  

You should Check out the "Chicago Creative Investors Association" run by Jane Garvey.

I have always used O'Connor and Associates which is probably the largest property tax protest company.

So here are the final numbers:Purchase/associated fees: $57,122Rehab/holding: $23,475Total costs: $80,597Refi loan/misc credits: $75,172Loan/Escrow/Misc. fess: $4,197Net Loan Amount: $70,975Total Left in Deal: $9,622Monthly payment: $498Monthly rent: $700 (should be higher and will be increased next year)So, I did not get all my money out, but I only left 10K in the deal!

If their chart showed sales down 8% for February when the correct answer was plus 12% hard to ever listen to them again  Try to avoid “news” sites with “ad”(vertising) in the name  https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/22/home-sales-make-record-jump-in-february.htmlHome sales make record jump, proving how sensitive buyers are to mortgage ratesSales of existing homes skyrocketed a whopping 11.8 percent in February compared with January, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Washington (state) has this thing called the Rental Housing Association that provides some education and tools and networking- but what they do that I don't think we have here is lobby for issues that can help or protect us and act as advocates in various forums... council meetings, whatever.I think some of our Go Getters- the guys who go to 8am Meetups (or whatever) should consider heading this up.