As for me, I got my license in 2010/2011 in the hopes that the market would bounce back somewhat quickly.

Thank you Tyler, for the information about a meetup, was looking on meetup and the only one i found was in bloomington illinois. we are definitely interested in meeting other local investors to learn from and bounce ideas off of. 

Do not hesitate, to post questions and bounce ideas around in applicable forums.

Would be great to bounce some ideas off of each other maybe.Thank you all for the warm welcome to BiggerPockets!

Bouncing back and forth in between whether I should search for multi-family homes in the $200-350K range (where the rental income works out of course) while I have the opportunity to use only 3.5% down, or to search for homes in the 50-200k range and then move forward from there.

The other posters forget, as I occasionally do, that those who are new to any community, online and otherwise, what its like when trying to enter a conversation of strangers.Go ahead, complete your profile, upload your face pic do we know you look like, in case we bounce into you at my favorite restaurant in Ventura, Sushi Marina.Entering the conversation is easier if you read lots of posts, including the how-to posts, blogs and many, many others who have posted essentially the same questions as you have.Candidly, others get fatigued by repetitive questions, especially those by new, future investors that can be searched for easily. 

Great place to learn and bounce ideas off people.  

I would love to talk to seasoned agents who are familiar with my area to help me in the process or anyone who I can bounce ideas back and forth with.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or want to bounce ideas around.

I am also in Montgomery and would love to be available to bounce ideas off one another.Best of luck!