Scott The Book on Flipping Houses,The Book on Estimating ReHab Costshttp://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbookLocate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

Here is a fun image from the state of Downtown Denver that I attended early this year.  

Attend a few foreclosures to see how they are run.

Scott The Book on Flipping Houses,The Book on Estimating ReHab Costshttp://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbookLocate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

And you get the benefit of having over 80 past ones to catch up on.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

I will also be attending the black diamond event in Waltham that is coming up and would love to learn as much as I can.

In one of the local NY REI meetings I attended, the gentleman running the meeting mentioned that sometimes you can work a deal with an agent to get the assistant login if you offer to pay for part of their annual membership fee (it's a couple of hundred dollars for NY agents to have an account on MLS).There is also a BP post:http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2010/06/03...Also a google search for "How to Get MLS Access Without a License" will turn up some results for you.Hope this helps!

There are numerous neighborhoods in the city that look the same or worse.

And you get the benefit of having over 80 past ones to catch up on.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

Find your local REI (Real Estate Investor) club and attend the meetings religiously.Joe VilleneuveREcapSystemA2REIC