And DIG has subgroups as well, where meetings are held throughout the area and are either focused on a specific topic or organized geographically for a more localized flavor  There might be other "meet ups" nearby, but I suspect that you will not find those to have same depth and breadth of knowledge and experience as what you will find at DIG; I could be wrong about that of course ...  

Taking a local investor out to lunch or dinner at a nice place should give you so much more local flavor on investing and your goals then a national course that is general in nature. 

As a HUD authorized Brokerage in Florida, we assist Investors in procuring both HUD and non-HUD properties.To that end... if you want to be successful, one of the things you need access to is a great Title Company to do your closings.For years, we have been using Jordana (Dani) Angles at Central Florida Title, LLC, the Manager of their Clermont, Florida branch.She has been doing HUD closings for 20 years as well as all the different "flavors" of deals that investors can cook up, and does it quickly and seamlessly.

We have all flavors of fast fried food, an applebees, beef o bradys, and village inn.Big name anchors are doable, especially if grocery stores count?

Then we have the international flavor of language, English as a second language.

Curbed LAthis site will give you some flavor for the EP area.  

Don't drink the kool-aid about Ubunto or any flavor of Linux/Unix not getting viruses or malware.

Here's the thing about wholesaling, if they show up in court, they will strike out, they can't hit a home run acting as a strawman without a license.If they aren't breaking the law, they are skirting it and the more deals they have done, the closer they get as being seen as a dealer in real estate, being in the business has a much different flavor than a one time assignment that can be perfectly legal. 

However, there are lots of opportunities for various flavors of creative sell financing.

Welcome aboard @Craig HackeyTo get some local flavor you should check out REIAs and Meetups in your area.