I gave a tutorial on knowing your enemy for my location How to Comp Vacation Rental Income Projections in Coastal North Carolina

Brandon Turner made a nice tutorial which shows you how to set this up. http://www.biggerpockets.com/alerts- Follow/Colleagues - when you find someone who you find to be helpful, someone from your local area, or just someone you thin would be good to connect with you can follow them which will allow you to see their status updates on you dashboard (homepage) or you can request to be their colleague.

For example, if you wanted to know about forums that discuss "Shelton" or "Fairfield County" then you can add those to your keyword alerts and get involved in conversations as they pop-up.Here is a tutorial on it: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/12/19/keyword-alert-system/

There are some very strict guidelines though.Meanwhile here are a few tips:Here is a Guide to Getting the Most Out of BiggerPockets: (They are also above in the forum, but are a great way to get started) http://www.biggerpockets.com/rei/biggerpockets-com-tutorial/How to Effectively Use the BiggerPockets Real Estate Social Network: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/effectively-using-the-biggerpockets-real-estate-social-network-to-build-your-business/Here is a great feature to BiggerPockets: The keyword alert system:http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/12/19/keyword-alert-system/I look forward to reading your success stories in the future!

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I’m hoping all the elites investors and gurus can chime in on this subject and hopefully will lead to a solid tutorial on how to buy property tied up in probate with multiple heirs nursing home debt back taxes some of the most discouraging hurdles in this avenue of real estate.

Check out this blog post with tutorial video that Brandon Turner wrote.Already know all about keyword alerts?

I have been looking at CRM's like Hubspot and Odoo and I tend to get a little overwhelmed because their tutorials all seemed to be geared towards those that have multiple people working on the CRM and all of this automation when all I want is a simple database.

I just made a tutorial on this a few days ago

It has a tutorial that walks you through exactly how to use it, which is foolproof.