This will allow you to engage with people in your market as well as people interested in your area(s) of expertise.I also like putting in searches on the Bigger Pockets search bar for "Queens, New York" to see who are some of the local players I haven't yet connected with.A few other things; post regularly on these forums, comment on blog posts, try to make a few new connections each week.

I do agree that starting with one of the bigger players is probably going to be the best way to learn and grow your business initially.

Something Goolge takes seriously.Needs to be fast.And it needs to be authoritative.If you look at it that way, then no it doesnt matter who it is as long as it is used correctly.Looking at it from an other perspective, choosing investor Carrot for example, you can rest assured, they are fast, reputable, and mobile optimized.Getting a wix site.. or a wordpress site.... you just are not a very serious player.

I have an excellent can-do attitude, I’m proactive, analytical, a team player, and I’m eager to learn.Specifically, I’m trying to get more into multi-family real estate, and books & other electronic resources can only teach me so much.

@Joe Cinosky could you be a bit more specific about what you mean by "major player"? 

Similar to when a football coach tells his players to "remember this feeling" after a big loss so they can assure it won't happen again, remember the feeling of having to pay rent and be sure that in your (hopefully near) future you can transition to the other side of things as a landlord and escape the tenant life.I think for now you need a serious look at your situation.

After all, the average height of a basketball player is 6 foot 7 inches.

As RE investors move from the world of guru books and classrooms into the real world and gain experience in dealing at a higher level of professionalism in sophisticated business transactions, with all of the players that make up the industry, it will become obvious as to why we all need to be on the same page.It is impossible to yield any consistant result from any analysis that is not consistant in it's input of data.

I was blown away by the size of players that were at the event.

With G-d's help, in four short months the bankers and managers at my bank know me by first name, I have assembled two separate rehab teams that will follow me to the end, the Housing Authority officials think Im God (funny story, for a different time), I've had lunch with the founder of the largest tax lien buying company in Chicago, I have four big players as mentors and friends and I have true satisfaction in every waking hour of my day.