I was speaking to a guy last night at a local REIA meeting and he said he "goes to the county" to get the addresses for all the properties in a geographic area.

I've been getting slot of responses like see me when you get licensed guess I'm just going to have to wait to dive in head first how about internships?

Try adult night school Basic Accounting - - at least you'll have some insight.

@Dallas Kidd  that's awesome . . we don't do speed networking every 2nd tuesday, but we do have an hour opportunity for networking and "working the room"  we expect over 150 tomorrow night.

@Bart Barabasundefinedsince you are close, i would drive the area at night (especially weekends) to see who are your renters.Good luck

We've made a great decision to become a member of Bigger Pockets because there is a lot of information on the site for you to dive into.

Really look forward to dive into it

In the long run, you need to be able to sleep at night with the decisions you make.

Sometimes the operator and loan sponsor are the same, but it depends on who you have in the deal.Congrats on the mill from the investor, although a pledge is night and day different from the investor actually funding the deal. 

Taking advantage of grief, turmoil, financial distress.Essentially, I would sleep better at night knowing I had negotiated with someone who was on an equal footing.