I know why I love these pains in the *** that populate this website. 

Given that meetups are mostly populated with people just starting out, how do I go about finding someone who's successfully flipping houses to shadow?

Illinois has been losing population.

Hi AllDoes anyone know a good or a series of combined sources in which it provides the historical record of an area, such as population, economy, occupation and etc?

You're not going to find someone in Poland - population 10.  

IS the population stable, increasing, decreasing....?

I'm primarily interested in buy and hold due to the strong rental market in my area (large military population), but am open to potential "flips" if that's a better proposition for a particular property.

Hi Lance in the past I would have said that is the perfect time to invest in Salem but we are in a weird market the highest population is 24,23,25 years old in that order and they do not want to own a house and want to live in a popular city so you may be right that Salem is not going to take off  as it would have in the past just from Portland's influence.

everytime i visit its shocking how the population, street litter etc just grows and grows; will it ever hit critical mass?

I know some agents definitely believe the continuing growth of jobs/population in the region will keep driving home values higher.