But ideally you'd want one who already has some RI clients with real estate, as RI has become a lot more tax-unfriendly to investors in the past few years.For example, they eliminated itemized deductions in 2011 (http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20110327/REG/303279975) and also started treating capital gains as ordinary income around the same period (http://voices.yahoo.com/elimination-preferential-tax-treatment-capital-6915746.html).That said, one of my more experienced real estate friends in RI seems to be having great luck with someone out of Ohio.

I am not involved in flipping but know once the news stations start saying it the market will become about nonsense instead of numbers.It's kind of like a stock everyone is saying to buy is when the smart people sell to them and get out.I am sure we will see in the next 6 to 12 months articles like "The real estate money making machine is back !

I thought I would share this informative article from Paragon about Bay Area rents and prices over time.

Here is an article updating the problem with those areas.

The attached article is somewhat dated but it focuses on the importance of coaching for agents but it is equally applicable to investors.

Richhttp://www.deseretnews.com/article/700015349/Minority-births-on-track-to-outnumber-white-births-in-US.html?

I've read this article on the OC Register regarding an investor who would Quitclaim Deed a house with or without the actual seller deeding the property to him.How is he getting away with this?

Once you are successful in your MF investment, write an article about it, give a speech to a real estate club describing it, and perhaps volunteer to teach at a workshop or seminar.

Eddie made a very good point about European culture and the EU in another thread that I can't find.

I looked at the last 4 months worth of articles and they were all negative, all arguing that the bubble exists and is dark and gloomy.If you say the focus is just on SoCal, the article you linked to argues that it is a national problem.