We have some exposure to the architecture/contractor ecosystem through my wife's work and have a family member who is our MLS access point, but we are hoping to deepen our knowledge and broaden our network.I've found a few Minneapolis related posts so thanks in advance to the folks who started those threads as I've already found them very informative.

Learn real estate first, not how to deal in real estate, then learn finance and broaden your knowledge in related areas that effect real estate transactions, like business law.

I feel I'm in the same boat as you, as we have rental properties and we're trying to broaden our outlook on RE investing.

Increase your volume of offers, broaden your buyer list, and you will be in a much more comfortable position.  

Broaden your criteria

It will broaden the first story of the house making it seem larger and it will break up the tall facade. 

Gotta get some momentum, and some cash flow now so I can broaden my marketing scope and move toward building a team (outsource tasks).

., capital gains are counted as ordinary income 😭) that you could broaden the field significantly if you'd be willing to consider them and forego face-to-face sit-downs, but that's up to you of course.Looking online for the continuing education track, it looks like the acronym is CPE (continuing professional education) and the "Rhode Island Board of Accountancy accepts courses from providers that are members of NASBA's National Registry of CPE Sponsors and the Quality Assurance Service".

I usually plan for the scope of work to broaden in these scenarios.

Lots of investors belong to these and they sometimes have meetings you could possibly attend and broaden your investor buyer pool.