I just joined the Southern Maryland Real Estate Investors Association, so hopefully I'm on the right track.

I also get 2% back on all purchases from Home Depot through a local REIA membership (which I believe they get from an affiliation with the National Real Estate Investors Association) Funny story -- I met a flipper/developer who said he purchases $1 million through Home Depot each year.

There is the local landlord association but I quit going because it was a little slow for me.  

You're missing the point of this discussion completelyI was originally responding to one of your agents/associates that had posted:ASSIGNING is exactly that, your not closing you're palming it off to someone else with no interest in closing on the property.

Although I have some associates that have totally crushed the wholesaling game in their first year i was not one of them.

@Julian Buick  I have associates that have done well in Florida..

there is need for care.Education and association with successful RE investors is best

The national association of Realtors states that 88% of these properties are sold on the MLS.  

do you recommend flipping condos where getting the association approved for fha or va insured loans may not be possible?

I wish I were exaggerating when I say that the owners/landlords don't care if you're unhappy because someone else is waiting in line behind you, however in most cases this is how it works here.As if everything I wrote about last night weren't enough - note that we do NOT have an MLS or even a National Association of Realtors presence here (NAR exists here but is completely irrelevant).