The key is to be organized (investment package), properly present your case (solid underwriting) and persistent.

I would love to get up with someone around Anchorage for a meet up or even organize a BP meet up locally.Brent

You should check out the meetup scene - we organize one in Round Rock - and expand your local networking possibilities.3.

I've contact BBB and a few other organizations about the plumber's actions.

I believe them to be a strong organization with transparency. https://www.pinefinancialgroup.com

If it's a larger organization, feel free to inquire about their different staff qualifications.2.

I went from being the Marketing Manager for an Organic Farm to the Senior Marketing Coordinator for a Consulting Company - I think/hope those are close enough to be able to say they are in the field. 

If I want to make a donation of real estate to a charity I would donate it to a charitable organization. 

I would love to use my experience and consult other organizations while I build my real estate investment portfolio.

I like to use a famous person's quote on why learn IRR:"We choose to LEARN Internal Rates of Return (IRR) and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win, and the others, too."