For example, I just "lost" a house because I used a credit union and a closing of 30 days (the winning offer used 3 weeks).

Hi Nate, I'll be in cincinnati next week or two if you have an office would love to meet 

Hey @Sarah SmithI run a monthly Meetup event focused on multifamily investing.The next Meetup will be on the 24th of this month, it'll be up on Meetup.com next week. 

I'm wrapping up a remodel on my home (it's going on the market in the next week or 2 - decided to do the work myself and won't be doing that again) and it's consuming my every waking moment but after that let's set something up.

We're trying to get the interior painted in that 2 week vacancy.

I can see where we probably jumped the gun before doing enough research, but we are looking forward to having a place to use, and would like to  rent out a few weeks to help with expenses. 

We are listing that house in two weeks at 130k, meaning if we pay all realtor fees and closing costs we would walk away with approx. 30k.The biggest adversity we faced is not having a lot of money to get started.

He can't possibly keep up with hundreds of bad reviews week in and week out.

This is addressed every couple of weeks on BP. 

Well I can't help you much, as I barely received my Salesperson License last week, but I am also from the Ventura area and looking to invest in the future.