I would also suggest joining you local Real Estate Investor Association, a quick Google search will pull one up in your area.

I'd say join your local REIA or a similar group where you can get in front of people.

Quote from @Layton Martin: New into the real estate game and looking  specific lenders you know of that does hard money lending based off arv instead of luv , would be spectacular if you can as well pm some you would refer thank you :) If you are new to real estate investing, I'd suggest joining a REIA and meeting local people to partner with.

Come join us.

Courses online are relatively cheap and there's some brokerages like kw that have offered free online courses with no obligation to join afterwards.

They likely also did not understand that ODC’s new business plan is still heavily dependent on significant rate cuts and rising rents; two things I believe are unlikely to occur. seems to me the play right now is to join in on the syndication that are raising this pref equity and jumping in front of the original investors.. maybe for you its like a stock market straddle play invest in the pref equity fund to offset your loss's you may incur in the original offering ( if in fact there will be any)..

@Theresa HansenI recommend that you join the Georgia Real Estate Investors Association, gareia dot com, to network and get contractor recommendations.Good luck.  

.), what exactly is the breakdown of this $15k fee to join?

You should join local area Facebook and Meetup sites. 

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