I will look for real estate meet ups on meetups, however most of those things i think are scams by people just teaching you "their" method and you have to buy in.

She declined.Scenario #3)Owner was caught up in predatory lending refinance scam (found online info of a class action lawsuit including the loan), but has left property. 

There are so many free resources and it really is disappointing to me that people try to get new investors to pay for what is in my eyes a scam.

I have my full time and attention devoted to my business onve settled in Waco.I'm looking for any folks willing to send the elevator down a bit in terms of helping me build my team.

Just a lil about myself, I am a recent graduate (October 2017), live in New York City but move from Massachusetts where I go to school to SoCal California to live with a friend that currently goes to school in Los Angeles.Anyways my issue is after I move to California I started to work in December as a data center technician contractor in Irvine, the job lasted for 3 months since it was a 3 month contract, I’ve been researching about real estate since I started the job then decided that I wanted to invest in it.I devoted all my time and effort since March into real estate to learn and network, went to one meetup in Irvine, met the guy that hosted the meetup (Great Guy!)

Do not attend any seminars that charge money or that will ask you to pay money the vast majority are scams. 

On multi-family podcasts particularly I hear them devote entire shows to why multi-family is better than single-family.

Also, please, avoid the whole guru scam.

I found out about the credit card scams/fraud by reading reviews of her dog grooming business online.

You are essentially running 7 separate businesses.ConstructionReal Estate SalesProperty ManagementAccountingMarketingLandscapingPublic Relations - (IE what @Chris Clothier is doing on this thread after some unnecessary shade was thrown his way)You'll need to devote everything you have to it.