I'm sure there are other meetups in Dallas, but I'm familiar with the REIA program that has chapters in most big cities.

There are city groups all over the nation so you can meet up with your local BIA family members once a month. 

Similar for pets.Especially in the city of San Diego, I would be careful about violating the tenant protection act.

There are not any larger cities near by that offers more apartments to look into. 

I'm in the Denver area and my STR is my primary home half the year (per city rules).

Also, a tip for Detroit investing: understand that Detroit is very much a block-by-block city when looking at a good vs bad investment.

Red Bank is opposed to multi family which is odd given the concentration of it within the city. 

I haven't bought a deal or anything I'm still saving up, I'm at 25k I'll hopefully be ready to buy in the next three years, otherwise the city I'm buying in is Barrie which is generally a great appreciation market, I've got two brothers Chris owns two rental properties and Ryan just bought his first partnering up with my brother chrises second deal, so I might partner up for my first deal I don't know yet tho depends on what my brothers want to do.when shopping properties I do remember from the book you shouldn't buy properties based off cap rates but im wondering at the beginning do you first skim this information say the property is listed at a 6% cap rates which is common in the Barrie market would I then would go walk the property and see if things are viably ok, once I believe it's resdy for a professional inspection I'll get information about deferred maintenances mainly capex based off what I need to repier I'll be walking the property with the professional and I guess he'll give me a rough cost of How much everything that is needed and when I need to get the work done due dates, also I don't know how to calculate how much I should set aside in monthly terms after I get the required information from the inspector I'll be doing this for the first time, if the pure cash flow is incheck  I believe usually NOI is usually around 60% including appreciation and mortgage income andone going deferred maintenances around 35-40%, now I'm ready to make an offer?

If you decide to go the Airbnb route in either city, be sure to check local regulations around short-term rentals to avoid any surprises.

Before you get too far, get with the city/county and make sure everything is copacetic.