Then I would reach out to a couple PM’s and ask them how much rent they would charge, their fees, and what you would net.

They were great until they put a $1M limit on my policy because a couple of my homes ha pools.

I am brand new to real estate investing, and participating in Brandon Turner's First Deal program.

Do you need all this for a couple of rentals?

Quote from @Erik Estrada: If you are brand new and do not have much experience, having a GC license does help you get a higher LTV/LTC on hard money loans.  

You're just going to need to find a couple of folks on the ground that you trust.

And I am constantly looking for new areas for growth.I started flipping land (owned almost 80 lots out there at one time) about four years ago then got into acting as developer where we I had builders build a couple of cabins and flipped them to end buyers. 

Coming to networking events - can you please recommend couple networking events that are best per your knowledge?

There were a couple of times I ended up a landlord by default in the past.

However, I have helped a couple people with extremely basic home layouts when they were in the process of remodeling their home.