You can meet local investors by registering to attend real estate events in your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-events-and-happenings6.

Ideally, you don't want to concentrate all of your properties into a single entity in the event of a lawsuit against one because it exposes the rest of the properties to that lawsuit. 

Welcome to BP - Killeen is a great market, do you ever come down to the Austin area for meetups/events?

Realtor says another deal fell through because it didn't fit their needs for an event location.We'd be coming in with 20% and look at about $10k in initial improvements. 

The site had a couple snags, but the Events team was quick to support me.

This allows you to recognize the loss associated with the disposed component without having to wait until the entire property is disposed of.In your case, the replacement of the roof due to hail damage would qualify as a partial disposition event.

If the market appreciates, you may experience liquidity events after 5-10 years that will help build your wealth faster compared to investing in cash-flowing properties in less expensive markets.

The best way to meet syndicators who do Rule 506(b) Offerings is at live events like @Gino Barbaro's Multi-family Mastery, REMentor's Ultimate Partnering, or Joe Fairless' Best Ever Conference.

Don’t give them the address of the property as this might trigger an event that will cause change.

I was curious, when I go to classifieds and events it allows you to search for events within a radius of where you are.