And at the moment my marketing budget is very low so my leads haven't been coming in like they were in the last couple weeks.

Live where you want and invest (with a team in place) where it makes sense.That said, what we did was take a week vacation and visited several viable cities, tried spending a day or two in each to get a feel.

I'm spending a month in the Aiken area and am looking for recommendations for REIAs or meetups in the area.I can look up the REI club listings, etc, but I'm looking for your impressions and preferences of the various clubs in the area, and why you like a particular group.Thanks!

You don't want to spend $2500 to write a contract that may not be accepted.

Do not spend too much time reading and "learning" and let your youth pass.

I went home, returned the next day notifying her that it was way over our budget and gave her a number that was our bottom line.

@Scott Somerled -Thank you for the questions, and of course, we would gladly spend the appropriate time to answer any others you have have over email or phone, if you would like.

Always love spending time up in Vancouver.

I would also recommend getting the section 8 bible (great for landlords state of mind), and spending time in the diy forum (they need videos!).

It may be wiser to use this money as the rehab budget for one since it's cheaper than HML as opposed to my out of pocket money to get into the deal.