I am in the process of closing the deal on my 2nd real estate investment and I am looking to connect with a group of real estate investors in the Los Angeles area, who would like to meetup once in a while, serve as a network to one another, bounce investment ideas off each other and after bonding, potentially go in on deals together as well.

If you are seriously interested in their home to live in, use that as your bridge to build a bond with them.

The reserves are pretty restrictive but if you can use any liquid asset (cash value life, stocks, bonds, qualified plans, CD's, savings/checking,etc).Hopefully that helps.

Lol Tyler Bond Trust me - it's way cooler the that the other guys in this thread are commenting!

For many years, I did invest in more traditional invetment vehicles - stocks and bonds.

The bottom line, she needs to earn better returns that she is getting with mutual and bond funds.Greg

I love the stock market, but my money is 90% S&P 500 low cost index fund and 10% short term bonds - Warren Buffet's recommendation.My active investing efforts are 100% real estate. 

If it's in the contract and you don't enforce it, it sort of takes the teeth out of the contract.

TannerThere is a great loan/bond program for first time home buyers right now.

Here in CA, contractors have bonds or 15k, you can do logged communications, demands, etc, and if everything is exhausted and still the contractor does not perform the contract.