I couldn't find much information about them online besides their own blog posts and a few interviews with the founders, who were promoting MHP business and themselves. 

Yes, I have investors actively buying STRS on O'ahu at this time and they are planning to make money off of these investments.  2.  

If you're looking for more active strategies like purchasing your own real estate let me know and I'm happy to send updated recommendations based on what your situation is and what your goals are :)

I spent a decade in advertising, before founding and running a custom wood shop for another decade, so 'm pretty good at the self-promotion.I agree with you that the more gorilla approach would be most effective and that's actually what i've been doing – calling RE agents in my service area with active listings, introducing myself to property managers and leasing agents...To answer your question, I will have to handle the work myself for 6-12 months to build out the SOPs and field service management systems, but I have a lot of relationships for those looking to "do the work".I'll check out the meet up and would love to grab a cup of coffee, I'll shoot you an email.

That being said, the only thing that being a QREP does is allow you to take losses against active income.  

@Shelby Ek Do you need to activate the utilities in order to qualify for the loan you are getting?

Are your real estate investments active or passive?

As I'm new to this domain, I would to hire a consultant to perform some zoning and other due diligence activities.

That way you know they are active in the BP community!

I've been studying for a while and see investing as a cycle, times of high activity (chasing the deal) and times of latency (allowing the deal to mature).