Welcome Mark, I;m a out of towner investing in Rochester because it offers such great opportunity.

@John Ma Absolutely.

There are certain asbestos containing materials in the building.Its in Massachusetts if that matters, would you buy if the price is right?

I am originally from Massachusetts, attended school at Michigan State University, then decided that it was time to defrost from the cold and migrated south to Virginia.I must say that I am very excited and grateful that I have found the BP community!

Ana, I think you were referring to the Black Diamond meeting in Worcester MA, is that right?

I would add that hands on experience in college depends a lot on the institution they graduate from.

(Boston, MA) I feel like there are a lot of sites out there that offer this but they want you to sign up, which I don't want to do.I am a beginner at all of this and I thought that something I should start doing is to go to open houses and start doing test runs and learning the lingo, learning "the numbers" and getting more and more comfortable with the process.

If you have any interested in Massachusetts or Las Vegas please let me know.

Again, while state requirements vary you'll then move into reality.In order to get hooked up with a mortgage banker or institutional lender you'll need to meet their requirements, in other words who really controls you going into business will be the secondary market bankers.Any MB originating secondary market loans will need experience in the business before they get on with a mortgage banker.

Lots of great connections all over but we also have a very strong and active contingent here in MA on here so make sure to find them (Set up some keyword alerts to find out about local topics) and get connected.