Their members are a bit older but some of them are looking to start transitioning out of real estate and are making off market deals at the monthly meetings. 

There are some great investor meetups in Seattle that you can attend to meet more likeminded investors.

It takes actual thought and a programmer's mind to be able to build a CRM into something that's actually effective (sure a basic person could setup a phased text message or email automation, but it's tying everything together with opportunities, automated campaign re-entry/follow-up, social media integrations/automations, etc that is the real value).

Joining Bigger Pockets hoping to accelerate my learning process and meet like minded individuals.

Meet a lot of people, build trust with them over time, after your have built up a lot of trust and they are seeing you as an expert in the space, ask them for an investment.  

@Bob AveryLike Wale stated I would go to MNREIA meetings to further your education and expand your team. 

As long as you specify the bank name, address, and interest rate in the lease, you're meeting the legal requirements.To avoid the hassle of having to have the tenant sign the lease twice, you can simply leave the account number blank in the lease and note that the deposit will be held in a specific account at a designated bank.

We've found it has superior reporting features, integration features, and is overall more efficient to work within than other REI-specific software.The downside is QBO is not set up for REI so you'll need to do that or work with an expert to ensure it is set up for your business appropriately.

We still had the meeting and filled all the paperwork out though so it's worth a shot

I'm excited to start this adventure and ready to meet the challenges.