I am a newbie interested in meeting others informally in the Norwood, Dedham, Walpole area; maybe for coffee or breakfast.  

Get a coffee group of people you meet together for breakfast.  

I'm new here myself but you might want to contact Joseph Scorese to find out when the next meet up is. http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/217147-diversified-investors-group---philadelphia-breakfast-sub-group?

Things like bed and breakfast.

We meet once a month for Sat. breakfast and Sept-June one Mon. eve for presentations from various sources.

My goal is to buy a 3 or four bedroom house, live in one of the rooms and rent the rest out through bed and breakfast and live there for free, and eventually moving out altogether and just renting out the whole house, so my question is what am I looking for in terms of location to so that I'll be in a prime area for people to come and rent out?

We added a nice granite breakfast bar with a flat top stove.

They have a few during the month, in particular the breakfast meeting seems to be the place to go but you would benefit from the 101 meeting as well since you are new to investing.Here's a link....cya therehttp://www.milwaukeereia.com/

The way I met him (and eventually asked him out to breakfast to pick his brain) was just through calling up the brokers office (remax for example) and asking for a real estate agent who owns investment property.

It's amazing what it will do for your motivation and momentum when around your peers.For real estate investors in Oklahoma City, we have:1st Wednesday of every month "Coffee with Real Estate Investors"www.coffeewithrealestateinvestors.com1st Thursday of every month Millionaire Possabilities MPREIA www.meetup.com/MPREIA/3rd Saturday of every month Real Estate Wholesalers Breakfast www.meetup.com/Real-Estate-Wholesaler-Breakfast4th Tuesday of every month OKC Real Estate Wholesalers Network www.meetup.com/Real-Estate-Wholesalers-Network/events/For entrepreneurship & business in Oklahoma City, we have:Every Wednesday morning1 Million Cups OKCwww.1millioncups.com/okc2nd Wednesday of every month "Coffee with Entrepreneurs" www.okceg.com 4th Thursday of every month OKC Entrepreneur Group www.OKCEntrepreneurGroup.com MiscMultiple times per month"The Meeting After The Meeting" - Dinner with Entrepreneurs & Real Estate Investors www.meetingafterthemeeting.comI am a local real estate mentor and business coach so if you ever need guidance and accountability I might be a resource to you.