The top sponsors for Real Estate meetups are lenders and title companies.

I'm a private money lender and a buy and hold investor, and in my opinion, no lender will ask for an upfront fee other than possibly asking you to pay for an appraisal or BPO directly to the valuation company.

I'm the owner of a digital marketing company based out of Houston, Texas, that specializes in REI marketing, and now that I've been in business for awhile, I've noticed that Facebook ads are the better route for wholesalers getting started with my company than Google ads for a few reasons.

I bring in more than I spend each month so this woulnt be an issue.The company that bought my business is now selling it.

These are usually the same guys who are working on painting crews for the professional paint companies... 

Our last step is running a forensic audit of the company (S - Corp) and then we will write up the contract to purchase.

We work with a few DST companies.

I also have an apartment building with co-investors, managed by a PM company - haven't had any problems (so far).I gave examples of horror stories but also there are millions of investors who do well and don't have these nightmare issues.

My company uses Appfolio but I think they have a 50 or 100 unit minimum.

Insurance companies have many exclusions and they may not cover everything, but they can help to pay for some of the costs of a lawsuit.Good:Using one LLC for all of your rental properties.