Then see if you can work for/with them in some role...maybe as a research assistant, or if they are an adviser for a club on campus join that club and try to get into a leadership role within the club so you have a chance to rub shoulders with them outside of the classroom and maybe in a more relaxed setting than even the club duties.

My "day job" is running tech (mostly software dev) for an internet startup, but I'm realizing that I'm not a city guy and all of the demand for my tech leadership skills force me to be in New York City.

Jonathan Smoke, chief economist for realtor.com, revealed an in-depth analysis of these survey findings during a panel discussion at the National Association of Real Estate Editors conference in Miami.

Under the category for Meals create subs:- Clients- Networking- Conference- Other meals (that is usually when you go get Dunkin Donut coffee just for your self)The first three are 100% deducted but not the other meals.

At the recent BP conference in New Orleans, I gave a talk about how these next 10 years are going to be different than the last 10 as it relates to investing.  

I think a lot of these conferences have shown that we need to make sure we do not leave the investor out in the cold, while trying to please the capital markets at every market shift.

I have been awarded by CMHA(section 8) for my leadership and management rolls.

Since you're in Denver, come on out to the Best Ever Conference in February!

There are also private investor money and private investor groups who focus on RE, you can probably find some at real estate investment conferences and the like.

One guy told me they talked to City administration and developer incharge recently and City is encouraging huge apartments build out while working on problems caused by the bad leadership over past decade.Just sharing the info I got over past 2 days.