And some mls fields are private, cannot share with unlicensed people.

Here's info on Huntsville:Now Alabama’s largest city, Huntsville’s military (Redstone Arsenal), space (NASA), telecommunications (ADTRAN, AT&T), biotechnology (Hudson Alpha), diversified manufacturing (Toyota/Mazda, Polaris) and a variety of emerging specialties provide challenging work (#5 Best Places for Career Opportunities) in delightful surroundings (#3 Best Places to Live in the US).

In my senior seminar class, one of our assignments is to identify a mentor to meet with in person or virtually 4 times this semester in an industry we are interested in pursuing upon graduation.I would love to connect with a bigger pockets member that has experience in personal real estate investing for themselves or who has work experience in a specific field that has allowed other people to achieve financial independence through real estate investing.

I am extremely new in this field, but I have a partner who has been pushing me extremely hard to go all in with him investing in a rental property in a retirement community.

I understand the costs associated being an Agent (I actually took a course and passed the licensing exam a few years ago, but never did anything with it as I started a new career as a Firefighter). 

I focus a lot on the income side of things, such as how much they are paid monthly, how long they have been at their current job and/or in the career field.

you can consider a sale pitch.. but just remember one usually has better advertising through the MLS, also better access/availability unless you have time to field all the phone calls and arrange showings.  

Maybe because collectively we have 30 years in the tech industry and WE ARE EXHAUSTED OF THE GRIND AND BEING OVERLOOK FOR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES!! 

Which is very important, and hard to achieve with a person you just met (leads, open houses, Facebook groups) While you may work with 'strangers' from these groups in your career, typically you will work with folks you already have a relationship with.

One other potential concern that could arise in the field, is the basement unit in the case where it happens to not be unit which is "Legally Recognized" by the City.