I have been to many different flavors of meetups and when I formed mine decided to go with fully informal: show up, get a drink, and mingle.

Also, there are different flavors of appreciation, and not all of them are speculative but they all sure are nice.

That changes the flavor of things.

I think a team approach is fine, select reputable and ethical players.Asking for and suggesting "Investor Friendly" team players is code for unethical or for those who may operate outside of the regulatory structure or such....someone who may be willing to look the other way.If that's the way an investor deals, good luck, they won't be in it for the long haul.If something is acceptable and lawful, then any professional in any aspect will work with you, it's not them that have a problem, it's your guru strategy and attitude in business.This is not directed at any one poster but a general statement from the various posts giving the flavor to the topic. :)

An associate of mine does vacation rentals in WV but its not my flavor.

It may all be flavored water and rot your teeth in the end but that's not what you need to focus on if you want to succeed in each position, let alone get to a different level.

At any rate, I don't have time to go into the whole story here, but I'm pasting a copy of the last email I sent him, which is a summary of all of our previous conversations, and you'll get a flavor of what I dealt with.

A couple years back, California redefined "Tobacco Products" to include vaporizers regardless of whether someone is vaping Tobacco, tasty flavors, or marijuana. 

There are lots of different flavors of FROR and buyouts.

I can't learn if everybody just affirms my viewpoint.But I prefer to think I'm not a flavor-of-the-month type with no defense for my convictions, either.