first networking event

[Art Morgan]

I'm diving in to Real Estate Investing as a broker/wholesaler (upon getting licensed in the next few weeks), and my first meetup is this week.
How do I network and make connections when I'm not a broker quite yet, haven't done a wholesale deal and I have no business cards?
(I'm planning to just attend the meeting to listen and soak it in, but I know people will ask me to introduce myself, etc.  I know that I'm still very early in the process, but I just want to get in there! haha! )