Tell us where you are from, where you are looking to invest, the strategies you want to pursue, and who you want to network with, be it local investors, agents, lenders, property managers, contractors, or more. 

Like "renting to section 8 tenants is actually really easy", "your agent is not on your team just connect with people like me doing hundreds of deals every day and use my team instead", that hood properties will have "15-25% net caps" for beginner out of state investors when in reality they will definitely lose money every month due to the rent not being enough $ to maintain a rental property, never mind all the tenant issues involved with this property class or the difficulty of managing them remotely... but he's done thousands of them just this week while sitting on the beach in Florida... 

Finding a real estate agent focused on investors would be a great place to start. 

As a real estate agent working in the investment space, I’m always looking to fine-tune my approach and discover new ways to find potential deals, whether it's off-market properties, distressed assets, or any other lead sources.Some questions I’m thinking about:What CRM tools have you found the most helpful?

The buyer then sends their EMD to the title company, and you specify to the Title agent that any EMD surplus balance is sent to you at closing.

My wife is a agent(mostly for our personal transactions)  can anyone offer some advice on who I talk to when I’m ready to start the 1031 exchange?  

Local investors and agents will also have helpful recommendations—they are two of the best sources for finding a reputable local inspector.

Next is to start building a strong network of local contractors, property managers, agents, lenders, and attorneys—they’re key to keeping things moving smoothly.

An agent in Austin just told me that earnest money is not really used anymore.  

Hard to scale on these larger deals Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?