We contacted Renters Warehouse during escrow and they assured us they'd be able to line vendors up for us once we closed, however, it's been almost 3 weeks and we still don't have an estimate for paint (which is also delaying getting the property marketed and rented).

Find local vendors in the neighborhood and try to partner with them for either a commission or a discount to garner good reviews which will pay dividends.

Hello everyone I attended the 9th annual MetrolinaREIA Vendor Expo in Charlotte NC on 18th . 

I think it's imperative for you at this time to start having conversations with local investors agents to see how they help with your search (analyze deals, off market opportunities,  connect you with vendors, etc) and begin going to some REIA events to see what's going on in the market. 

Or do you use a third party vendor who does both printing and mailing?

Please let me know if you have any good vendors to refer me to!

I'll discuss what my strategy is for the house, and then we'll all discuss our "Haves and Wants", success and failure stories, past and present deals, vendor referrals, strategies for 2016, the current state of the rental and sales markets, and more.

Often you cannot get the information on amounts due from the city or county but rather have to contact Jordan Tax Service and pay for reports (you can confirm with the city that Jordan is still the vendor they use for collection of delinquent accounts).  

Find them through Google and meetup.com Don't wait till the meeting look up the club website call club officials and vendors to get the networking going.Take a good look at all the BP books available all good reads.Paul

They had two guest speakers, plenty of time for networking, and vendors had small displays set up to answer questions and assist you.