Are there specific forums, events, or associations I should join?

Below are a couple of local real estate events.

If you live out of these bounds feel free to stop by.The first event will be Nov. 12 from 6:30 - 8pm at the Starbucks in Stuart, FL located at 2294 SE Federal Hwy, Stuart, FL 34994. 

I am at one of Phill Grove's events this weekend in Dallas.

To boost bookings, connect with local realtors, engage real estate investors, partner with relocation experts and insurers, offer business rates, target healthcare travelers via Furnished Finder, collaborate with property managers, amp up online advertising, improve your listing, attend networking events, and follow up with potential clients.

If you convert to your primary you'll not have a tax event until you sell. 

In the event that a payment is missed (30 days late for example), the performance deed would automatically return the house to the seller.

Different areas react differently to macro economic events, and have their unique benefits and issues.

There is a posting for the event here on BP. 

Woody's business started at the time he purchased the 1st property or at the time he held it out for rent, because, in any event, the expenses in question here all occurred before the purchase date, i.e., before December 30If the earliest possible date investor was actively carrying on a trade or business was December 30, 2004, then any expenses incurred in that year but incurred “before the day on which the active trade or business” began, all the expenses incurred from January 1 through December 29, 2004--would be, by definition, start-up expenses whose deductibility, and possible amortization, is expressly dealt with by section 195(Start up amortization).