I have found that people in the REI community are generally super welcoming and looking to collaborate.

Working in partnership with others and creating a team with which to collaborate is my ultimate goal.As far as education goes, I have a dog-eared copy of Mat Sorensen's book "The Self-Directed IRA Handbook" close at hand on my desk at work. 

Now that I’ve established my own contracting company, I’m seeking to collaborate with responsible investors on local real estate deals.  

Would love to connect and try and form a group to collaborate 

One thing I talked about with the woman in Wellington was approaching the HOA and asking what people's concerns were and trying to work collaboratively to address those concerns but also proposing a "win" for the HOA - potentially in the form of a percentage.

My goal is to build a solid contact list of people and companies to collaborate with and learn from.

Any advice, tips for possible collaboration, hit me up.

That tells us that you just aren't satisfied with the status quo that has become the norm in the REI world -- you're over the selling and pitching, and want to collaborate in order to succeed.

We can collaborate with you and put together a term sheet that would outline the credit facility. 

I wasn't sure if the turnkey providers collaborate with the lenders directly but this makes sense.