I've seen racquet ball courts converted into rock climbing walls, party rooms, and moon bounces. 

Those bumpers are the experienced people that you meet and can bounce ideas off of and glean information from.

I also found 2 possible emails that ended up bouncing back when I reached out.

As history has shown us, the appreciation will bounce back just as it does in any down turn.

Hit up some lenders and bounce some ideas off them.

(For ex: Las Vegas)There are always going to be tourists in this area and it's just a matter of time before it bounces back (imo).So isn't this a great time to buy into that city?

I would love to know more about your plans and I can share my findings and bounce ideas.  

Best of luck and hope to bounce learning experiences back and forth in the future.

You'll have a lot of questions on your journey and having the ability to bounce ideas and talk REI with someone in person is invaluable. 

They usually have a guy they bounce back and forth because one PM doesn't give them enough work full time so in order to keep him busy they will "loan" him out to other PM's in their network.