Originally posted by @Marcus Johnson:@George P.I believe you meant 1 vancany in 10 homes, which is 10%, versus 1 vacancy with 20 homes is 5% in the example I laid out initially.   

It's not like he has an uncommon name like Mike Johnson and lives in a small town like Chicago.

Ice water is on the house.I'm a regular attendant at Johnson's meetup for a good reason.

Who has read Flipping Houses Exposed by Danny Johnson, and what did you think of his book?  

@Dawn Anastasi, it may well be that @Jay Johnson summed it up fairly well; it's not so much that "they are just too scared to do business", but more likely that most of them "need to find a smokin' deal (you) would buy"! 

@Michael Johnson I sure hope so!

@Melissa Johnson That is CRAZY!  

There is a nice BP group in the south bay and there are also REI meetups in the area, one of which is hosted by @Johnson H (for some reason the tag feature isn't working on my mac) and is usually held at Whisper's Cafe and Creperie in San Jose.  

@Andrea Johnson This is very 'turnkey' in nature which is perfectly fine if that's your strategy.

As Chris mentioned, @Johnson H. hosts a monthly meetup at Whispers.