Can you update your post with your experience or even make recommendations of meetup you have attended so far. 

As for agencies being vehicles for personal views, i have not found that to be the case, and in any event, you will find that personal vehicle or not, quashing a government subpoena prior to execution is rare.I’ll stand on what i said.

You will want to attend those as they will provide additional materials you will need. 

You can meet local investors by registering to attend real estate events in your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-events-and-happenings6.

Even though it's been standing for 30 yrs or so, it's one major flood or major erosion event from some major structural failure in my opinion, especially being so close to a body of water.

Not concerned of a repeat situation - but more concerned generally about black swan events. 

I am new in the real estate industry and want to see if you have any tips for a new agent, also any events or recommendation to start meeting people and getting more connected to the Real Estate world.

You can meet local investors by registering to attend real estate events in your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-events-and-happenings6.

We thought it’d be a good idea to attend a free meetup in the area while we were there.

Our units are in B+ areas so our tenants have credit in the high 700s, have over $10-20k in savings, and call us if we don't cash their check in a timely matter to make sure we got it in the rare event they aren't set up to auto pay electronically each month.