If you own real estate in a self-directed qualified account, the 1031 exchange is unnecessary.

The Creative Investor Meetup is designed for beginning to advanced investors who would like additional strategies when constructing deals.All aspects of real estate investing will be covered including (but not limited to) - Wholesaling, Flipping, Buy and Hold and Commercial with an emphasis on Creative Financing.

This doesn’t necessarily sound realistic in a real world scenario. 

The withholding tax (on gross income) a problem if you:a) The wealth creation part of that real estate investing is capital appreciation, not cash flow.

DM me your email and I can connect you with the organizer.The group discusses buy & hold real estate, both single family and apartments. 

Wholesaling real estate is a great way to start as you must become familiar with deal underwriting and deal sourcing. 

Do you plan to go to real estate networking events?

Quote from @Andre Lemberg: I've been using  Smarter Contact for over two years as a real estate wholesaler.

@Polat Caglayan The majority of investors who become involved in the section 8 program do so because they purchase lousy real estate and leasing the units to section 8 tenants is the best option on the table.

It is hard but as a realtor I pay attention to prices throughout the year so that I have an idea of whether or not it is a "real" discount.