If you are a real estate investor in Greater Phoenix, then you must belong to the Arizona Real Estate Investors Association (AZREIA) if you don't already.  Besides the fact AZREIA has just been named the best Real Estate Investors Association in the Country and has over 2000 other members, it offers so much to the new investor as well as seasoned real estate investors in Phoenix Metro. 

Education - Some of the things you can learn about are:

• Buying Foreclosure Properties in Arizona
• Fix and Flip Strategies
• Wholesale Buying and Selling
• Short Sales of Mortgages in Arizona
• Investing for Beginners
• Commercial Real Estate
• Investing in Tax Liens
• And Much More, including Monthly Meetings

Support -  Staff is available as are other members. Plus you get discounts.  Good usable discounts.

Networking - There are monthly meetings in Phoenix and in Tucson and Prescott.  You also meet lots of other investors of like mind that are willing to help each other out most of the time.  Property listings on the AZREIA website.

It's worth the nominal fee for membership.  It's an association that can help you grow your real estate investing business and its gaining enough strength to have a say in the Arizona State Capitol.