I have a property in Bulverde, Texas that is five bedroom 2 1/2 bath plus a one bedroom apartment studio with a full bath connected.

Meetups are great, do your diligence on gurus as much as your would anything else in real estate, but you have to remember some of these gurus are worth a lot of money and have the knowledge, training, coaching, and most importantly network and influence to help accelerate your business. so are they expensive .. yes.. could they be worth.. yes, depends on you.. your ability, and progress. but if you dont have money, then i suggest learning everything you can for free, go to local meetups and reias that dont pitch and connect with as many experienced investors as you can, you may connect with me as well, my contact info is on my page.

I'd be happy to get connected and share some resources with you.

I am a real estate agent trying to make new connections that is looking into property investing in the future. 

An update one year later after this post, I now have:- Got my property and casualty license and wrote 370+ policies in a year- Saved up a few more thousand dollars in investable cash, paid off $20K in debt and raised my credit score by 100 points- Launched a direct to seller cold email marketing campaign and generated leads for cheap- Got connected with a few real estate investing communities like Subtle Asian Real Estate and Pace Morby's SubTo- Aggressively read and studied as much as I can get my hands onThat being said, I decided to run a marketing campaign to generate distressed seller leads in Phoenix, Arizona, mostly because:1.

Happy to connect if you have all essential details.

Nothing wrong with investing in equities.I'm plenty deep in that.

@Barbara Potts I'd love to connect.

I am willing to pay to leverage their connections, especially considering I am looking for my first out-of-state deal.

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