Between Rockford and Chicago, A Start Up Group for Fox Valley Investors

[Jennifer Kinzle]

I've combed through the ranks of local Elgin and St. Charles, IL MeetUps and Facebook groups and have not found the right place to seriously consider participating for investing purposes. Either the groups are too big, too small, too newbie or require too much money to join their ranks.  I've considered running two separate investors groups-one just for fix/flip and the other for rental units.  Will I be cutting out wholesalers if I do it this way?  Or perhaps it might be better to keep it open to everyone and let them decide how the group forms.

Is there a group I am missing that handles this area?

What do you folks look for in an investing group?  Leads, connections, business partners, local insight?  I'm also a licensed Realtor, so most folks I've talked to want to go out on property tours to see investment properties.  

Thanks for your insight!

-Jennifer