. 🔥 Chris Voss"The Master Negotiator” & Author of Never Split the DifferenceLearn high-stakes FBI negotiation techniques for real estate deals 🏆 Dave MeyerHead of real estate investing at BiggerPockets14+ years of experience in real estate investingExpert in housing market analysis and investment strategyVenue: This year BPCON will be held at the legendary Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

The 2 best ones I know of are:- House Hacker Mafia (https://www.meetup.com/house-hacker-mafia-real-estate-invest...)- Colorado Springs REIA (https://www.meetup.com/colorado-springs-real-estate-investor...)Hope to see you at one of them!

I'd sell every Cleveland house and put your money in a better market. just my 2 cents as someone from ohio and who lived in columbus for 12 years

I see that you recommend NOT having my mom deed the house over to me in order to borrow against it.

Quote from @Daniel Tanasa: Hello Terry, If you're looking to find houses that are in pre-foreclousure you can use a website like www.foreclosure.com and you can get the list of properties and start marketing to them. 

And on the houses I build I pay the lumber direclty myself I pay the roofer..

build to rent is great. they are an intermediary that help investors contract direct with turn key new build. they are pretty sophisticated we have sold a house so far and we are looking to sell other multifamily with them. there is a vetting process and as an intermediary they don't control construction they help vet builders and establish relationships. they have a big team. the other builder I've never heard of but unless you can see your house I wouldn't touch it. rent to retirement has a strict policy of 90 days until certificate of occupancy until they will send a deal out they are good at what they do and I'd recommend them. they have options all over the country and established relationships.

Usually the type of work has to be dealing with the real estate itself, not just providing a service that is applied to a part of the house/building. 

My plan is to sell my primary home in New York and purchase a house to live in South Carolina.

You could have bought a house, or several, that would have doubled in value.