They are direct competitors, albeit with a slightly different take.

New to the business and would love to network and meet some competitors in my market. 

I guess you can say that we are technically competitors although not in the same markets.  

However ...I break down my RE investing into 3 major phases requiring significantly different knowledge & talent. 1 Buying2 Rehabing3 Selling (as a flip or rental)Teaching #2 & #3 is not a significant issue for making the student my competitor.

@Tyrone Abbott it is interesting to us as well that many forum members who have never used our services, or even our competitors and others using Bigger Pockets to make their money and promote their business, feel free to repeatedly come on this forum to "chime in" (there are even some who show up on virtually every thread about our company) We HAVE made mistakes, we DO make mistakes.

All the best,Thank you work for self-storage company then you have good insider insight, especially during these times where operator keep buying their competitor.

Going into deals your competitor just needs to bring $5k more and you’re toast.

My favorite way to price our units is to pick the top 3 competitors in my market and try to provide a better product with higher prices.

But once I identify such niche I can keep repeating the business without too many competitors lol , I see house that has such combination of feature only available once per every two months.  

@Brian BurkeThanks for the input.My competitors have butcher block in some, prefab granite in others.