Score.There are already members signed up to attend.

Start by attending a couple of local events near you, talk to the other investors and event sponsors and then join the group(s) that you feel most comfortable with.

These 'compliance' meetings are hostile and upsetting and attended by angry groups of neighbours who are in conflict. 

As for the mentor I am attending my local REIA for the first time this month.

Attend local investor meetups.

Outside of contracting work, my partner also was able to handle and attend the negotiations, property management, renting/marketing the property, etc...As any business owner knows, time is money.  

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.