While the state budget is ugly (for now) we are just a few months away from a change in leadership at the gubernatorial level. 

Oakland's leadership does not believe in any owners rights and with the free legal help tenants get, they might as well own your property.

People will not touch offer with VA with a totem poll. 

I could also intro you to my manager and other leadership in my office and you can start taking names etc...  

I will continue being active in my community and saving the articles published about this, I have found my name mentioned quite a few times by my local chamber of commerce so being involved with their programs (BendYP, Leadership Bend) seems be a good way generate source material.I also signed up for HARO (Help A Reporter Out) so that I can contribute to articles being written about relevant topics and get my name published that way.

Most of the area immediately surrounding Yale's campus is either owned by Yale or institutional owners.I am not aware of a New Haven specific investor's group but there are a couple meetups on BP and the CTREIA has recently had a change in leadership and has been more worthwhile than before.Hope this helps!  

If it wont be a "active brokerage", I believe it will be a epic failure.Agents need hands on support.Agents need leadership and motivation.Otherwise a bunch of useless goons will just park their license by you, and not generate you any real $Iv'e seen it all, literally.....

Thought leadership platform: create a podcast geared towards educating accredited investors on investing in apartment syndications.

The unit is basically open finished space if a tenant wanted to create a salon or make other major modifications, who would be expected to pay for the modifications.Thanks in advance for the thought leadership. 

Door knocking, driving for dollars, direct mail, creating a thought leadership platform and a landing page, "we buy houses" flyers, bandit signs, etc., calling rental listings on Zillow, Craigslist, etc., wholesalers, meetup groups (either attending or creating your own).