Join one of them - you can attend either one with one membership.Become a bird dog.

I've been on this site for over a year now, attending webinars, reading daily blogs, and scouring the forums. 

Just a heads up, you need to be a member to be attend most of these meetings.https://www.cireia.org/Calendar.aspx

That's a great starting place.Also, look for landlord association meetings in your area and attend to learn the vocabulary and laws.The best way to learn is to do, so owning rentals is the best class in property management!

I would suggest you search for and attend a local real estate investor's meet up in your area and try to ask for clarification on your thinking. 

Top it off I'm sure I'll need a chunk of that $100k as reserves to handle maintenance and renovations.Would you guys n gals suggest I attend the auction just to see what happens or should I be prepared to bid? 

Also, set up keywords for your area and attend local meetups if they have them in your area. 

So, make sure your closing agent will do whichever type of transaction you're planning to do.You need to be attending local REIA and real estate investor meetings to get local information and to learn who you should be using in your area.Good luck to you!

We've even attended over 50% of the closings of our loans to make sure our borrowers were comfortable with everything.

I did make it to the last Meetup in Lake Charles and plan to keep attending.