Here are few which I go regularly,Fort Bend REI - First Tue of Month at Rudy'sHeritage Home Buyers Investors Meet up - First Wed of Month at their locationJET Lending Meeting up - 3rd Wed of Month - Redneck Club - It's big event and can be hit or miss.Hope this helps to get you started.

If this broker has no one to give the leads to, and you are willing to work them and update him on a regular basis, why change firms?

Depends on what your lease says, mine states that tenants are responsible for regular pest control.

We regularly treat capinets and counters as 5-year 'personal property'.

@Chris G.If you have an area within the home that is used regularly and exclusively for your rental business, you are entitled to a home office deduction.

Conversely regular, long term exposure to small amounts may be the cause of respiratory issues years later - that is what the investigation to which I referred in my prior post above is examining.No one here is telling you that you must remove the asbestos from your buildings, but you do have to disclose its presence when you sell and the day is coming when you will likely have to disclose it to your tenants.Once again, I am advocating that landlords and rehabbers educate themselves and continue to keep there knowledge current as our understanding of the impacts of long-term exposure to asbestos, just the same as you would with other hazards in the built environment such as lead, mould, PHPs, formaldehyde, etc. 

Most "Traditional" lenders and Mortgage brokers don't want to take the extra step to lend outside of their regular box.

This is a great thread, and I admit the benefits of a great REI education are many, and it's critical to have...though I think we all agree on the multiple ways of attaining that education.  

For most people that have attended via regular means will have upwards of 50k or 500/mo.

We made an offer with $2K earnest money using the regular real estate offer forms on a REO property in California that is owned by VA.