Developing one-on-one relationships can yield insightful conversations and recommendations catered to your own objectives.BiggerPockets is one of the platforms that not only offers online forums but also connects you with local investors.

I can help connect others with marketing channels to have more conversations with motivated sellers.

lots of ways to look at this. happy to have a more indepth conversation with you.  

If you've got these things dialed in, then I'd say give them a call and start the conversation.

It can also handle inbound customer service calls & converses like a person rather than a robot.

I'm not sure about Houston but make sure you find a great agent who's focused in your area. call agents who list new construction or who closed land purchases and represented people. on my closed transaction list and active listings it's land on the buy side and new construction homes on the sell side. make a spreadsheet, email and call every single one, have 10-15 conversations, meet with 3, pick 1. sales funnel. 

Conversely, those nearing retirement, could consider the possibility of properties that can provide solid cash flow if they do not already have rentals that are paid off at that point.To all of my clients reading this....I hope that I havent stepped on toes.  

Her conversations with her previous PM's felt like she was taking to someone who was completely uneducated in real estate investing.

Part of the conversation was on syndications.

Specifically conversion of the commercial portions of this building to apartments.