My son attends TAMU and rather than paying someone else rent we thought it made sense to own and have others rent from us.

There are typically good business planning workshops that you can attend in your town.

I found a local real estate investing and landlord group that has a meeting in two weeks that I would like to attend my question is what should I expect from these?

Believe it or not, the reason I came across BP was because of a Google search on a recent REI seminar I attended which was Fortune Builders.

I attend a few Real Estate Investment clubs as well as host some myself. 

Attend your local REIA meetings and network with people there. 

I am looking forward to attending the BP and CFREI meetup to actually get to meet some people with similar goals and interests, but for now I feel almost lost and that fear of the unknown keeps creeping up on me when I least expect it.Either way, I am going to keep trucking along, but I wanted to start up a possible discussion with the community to at least have a chance to talk to people going through something similar or people that have gone through it and came out on top.

@Jeffrey Scott Helms --Attend the Charlotte Deal Maker Sessions, which meets once a month.

I actively attend many different meetings in the Baltimore Area, though I am working to expand to the DC area.

You can also find these on meetup.com, just type in Real Estate Investing or attend your local REIA group.