As Dale Carnegie said, "The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it."

Now, that meetup is in South County, on the MO side, but brings in folks from Belleville, Fairview, Collinsville, Cahokia, and all over the St Louis area.Now, there is a monthly GRID meetup in Edwardsville that brings in folks from the metro-east, as well.Generally, going to any real estate meetups in the St Louis area will find you someone who also invests in Belleville.I also invest in Cahokia, John.

A more holeistic approach is needed: long term wealth is mostly created by principal pay down and appreciation.

Keep in mind it is usually not cheap or 100% effective.

The current property is propane-only, and while natural gas is available, the cost to bring the line is around $40K–$50K.

While I think neighborhood farming is a good idea, I'd say instead of doing it geographically, think about who is most likely to move in your community. 

So I've been wanting too go out a network with investors and loaners/lenders but I don't know if their is any events that is real estate and commercial real estate investing based events in DC, does anyone know any events in the DMV that is good too join?

What is your current US credit score & profile?

Build to rent development is a great strategy.

What I am looking for at my age, is properties that will flow in the future to fund retirement travel, and MTR is where I am headed.But the reason for this post is I now need a structure(s) for what had been a concept.