Want to participate more in RE world, but how?

[Alex Silang]

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I currently own one property and it's passively managed. I honestly can't see myself being an active manager; its simply not in my personality. 

Unfortunately, my career choice isn't yielding the cash necessary to build a true "empire". I'm also more risk averse than when I was younger, so my plan is to simply pay off the mortgage early.

Is there anything else I can do to be a participant? I find RE really interesting. I like talking about it, reading books, etc

On my own, what I've come up is:

* Still go to networking events, even though I plan on having just one property

* Do the accounting and financial analysis really well 

* Read books?