Or attend a meetup and see what your local experts say. 

I attended the Mom's House event a few days ago.

I’ll start attending our local meetups though just to start building that network.

Whether or not seller's agent was present at your home inspection, it sounds like you attended and had every right and opportunity to ask the inspector any questions you wanted to and crawl all over that property then.

(Call and say you want to attend the FFP event; its cheaper than signing up online. 

I can definitely attend meetings and continue to network but I'd like to make progress too.

Like @Markus Timm mentioned, attend some meetups.

I also attend several real estate club meetings (DIG and DPI) in the area, so happy to network and connect.

A great way to network and meet people in your local community is to attend in person meet ups.

I have made it a goal to own our first property in the next 9 months and hope to attend community events and get engaged with local investors and agents in the mean time!