May not seem like beach weather but I guess lots of people prefer the open, fresh (if chilly in winter) mountain air ....Texas.

As a local Boston RE agent, I frequent the Boston Investor Guilds in Somerville often as well as some Needham and Norwood ones.

During my time there..mostly undergrad and throughout grad school...my house was broken into, vehicle vandalized, and frequent issues with neighbors.

I am newly licensed and looking to buy my 1st investment property - rehab - Rent - refi - repeat... you know what chilly business I’m speaking of!

We frequently provide value to the forum by answering questions and posting updates to the tax laws they relate to real estate.

Either way, I know I'm going to need bandit signs and start frequenting the local REI clubs to network...but do you guys think I need to be 100% committed to a strategy?

Of course, we all know that being a member of BP is the very best start you can get and all who frequent this site get tons of info and for FREE!

I have noticed that the general tone from BP investors with ragerds to investing in condo's is generally negative.Part of my LT investment strategy is to acquire investment property that cash flow in "destination" locales that I will frequent on vacations in the future.

Many years ago I used a local paper called The Daily Commercial Recorder - •http://www.primetimenewspapers.com/dcr/Tax Appraisal Districts:In my area, the tax assessed values provided by the tax appraisal districts are frequently useless unless you understand your area.

My scanner actually came with two different pieces of software that can be used - but that will vary by brand and model.Usually, the scanner will save into some type of image file; frequently that will be "tif" ot "tiff".