I'm really looking to connect with experienced investors in my area, an am looking to network with a few at the Texas Real Estate Investors Circle meeting tomorrow in Dallas.

I am open to aiding a more experienced investor to learn some new things.

I am curious what some of the lesser experienced folks are doing when it comes to possible deficiency judgments.  

Best is to find an experienced local Lender who you really trust and lay everything out.  

As a beginner I would recommend teaming up with an experienced flipper and learning the ropes, before going all in.

I'd like to meet up with some investors experienced in my area as well, but the property taxes in Volusia county are really high, like 1.5-1.75X what they are in Jacksonville, just running the numbers with all else being equal I feel like that's a disadvantage for buy and hold.

Now I see where the difficulty lies.

Experienced buyers of lower and mid priced properties may be used to seeing an assignment fee in the $5-7k range, maybe $10k. 

But what shocks me is how experienced realtors will get these inspection reports and say, the buyer is ready to walk because of the long list of serious concerns.  

I personally have abandoned vrbo type rentals because the difficulty of compliance and the taxes associated are too high for my 3 or 4 units.