Welcome aboard, Don Shore!

Hi,Does anyone know of any established groups in the Jersey Shore that meet regularly?

Hello BP,

I have a small two family that I'm going to slowly update. Do you know any handymen / contractor you'd recommend? The jobs would start small (installing a new security light, repairing a bulk head, ...

Use this to shore up your investment.IN CONCLUSIONOnce you figure out all of this, you will have a better understanding. 

Look at it to get even worse as the government is putting heat on FHA to shore up losses on the fund and they will do that by making now buyers pay for buyers sins of the past that are now long gone.The much bigger issue is if you do not have a case number assigned by June your mortgage insurance stays with FHA forever!!

Obviously a property that is not producing much in net income will be worth a lot more when it is turned around.You have to understand the local market to know if you can fix the situation of if the problem is more structural (location, physical structure, functional obsolesce, supply vs. demand imbalance that is not temporary).A change of use can sometimes be the best way to make a large difference.

Also there is a new meetup starting next month in Asbury Park.http://www.meetup.com/Jersey-Shore-Flippers-and-Fu...This is really about networking. 

I will be shore to read as well as try to meet and surround my self with people I want to be.

Aside from the ones mentioned there is the NEREIA in Chelmsford, the Boston Area REIA that just moved locations to Medford (Bummer since it had been at the Crown Plaza that spans the Pike right on the Brighton border), @Mike Hurney has a couple meeting on the North Shore and there are some in NH as well if you want to take a drive.

I personally did that, and I can say that Jeff had that spreadsheet in my inbox in 4 minutes - yes, as fast as Olympic-caliber mile runners can run the mile.Here's where Jeff can be found:http://www.biggerpockets.com/users/Jeff_TumbarelloSorry for the temporary thread hijack.