Riverside student looking for advice/mentorship

[Aaron Nguyen]

Hey BiggerPockets! I'm an incoming freshman at UC Riverside and have been dedicating a ton of time recently deciding to get into REI and actually studying a lot of the basics. I was considering joining a local REIA at Riverside since I will be dorming at the school and it will be close by to network and meet some like minded people. I wanted to ask if joining a REIA would be a good idea or if there were people in Riverside on this forum that would be willing to assist me. Things like finding a good contractor, attorney, and valuable insight are what I'm hoping to mainly find. What do you guys think? Thanks in advance for the responses!