I have attended a handful of RE meetups in the past My SkillsMy short-term goal is to learn from, contribute to, and build value to an existing operation near the Boston area.

Looks like some things have changed on the different department websites in the past year and we can't find this. 

Hello my name is Greg I’m 35 years old I’m from the Southern California area I am new to the Real estate industry a few months ago I bought it and flipped my property in the city of Compton California my goal is to continue searching for property’s and Networking with different flippers and investors and building my portfolio for the past 11 years I have been in transportation industry I’m looking forward to this new journey ahead.

I've had rental properties in the past and rely on cap rates to typically understand what I will make.

In fact, they never collected any past due rents!

Haven't checked on Hubzu in some time, but in the past I have seen similar scenarios and the property was NOT REO even though the listing stated it was.

Ideally we would like something with 2-4 units.We have been searching, watching and learning the market here in the area for the past couple of months.

Try finding some for a central state like Kansas or Nebraska...I don't know if it's a population deal or what but I don't think I've seen one in from either state in all my looking so far over the past month. 

Most would simply pay the past due ground rent to protect their interests.

Think about a few things when considering investing in upcoming cities 1) Current or future infrastructure projects 2) population shifts over the past 3-5 years and projected population increase/decreases 3) research the area on municipal websites, blogs etc see what people are saying about the area and what local governments plans are.