Some REIA meetings might also have food if hosted out of a restaurant space.You can find some free ones with Meetup.com, but they aren't completely free because Meetup charges the host of the Meetup group monthly fees.

Most of the lenders I spoke to early on in my investing career wanted me to have either fairly high liquidity or substantial net worth.

For the ARV I simply looked at the surrounding properties which ranged from low 200's to high 500's and did an average (not sure if there is a better way) The Max Allowable offer is slightly above the asking price, essentially making this a good deal. 

Scootered all over the city, had some good food good drinks, explored the beltline, saw some of north Atlanta with our cousin.

A big part of it seems to be the UBER high utility costs in Spokane: water, sewer, garbage (and sometimes gas), which we've learned that most landlord bear as a cost of doing business.

Branding is important to me, as it is to many high volume agents, so using my brokerages branding is important.

All they wanted was $3000 down and I could go out and find a house and I could really get this joy and satisfaction of REI kicked into high gear.

Very modest homes similar to this one and in this area rent for around $1500-$2000/week in the high season.We've started renovations by tearing out the kitchen and floors, opening up the kitchen and living room to make one large great room. 

So you will also be paying your state income tax after you have paid the high property tax.

I am invested in Scottsdale @Ada Tor and have had multiple units in HOA communities, one of which I have sold, another will likely hit the market after high season next spring.