@Ben Leybovich I love your clarity sir!!

Personal research is advised for clarity and specified understanding.

Great question, and I hope I can provide clarity here as I've tried many of the cold outreach methods. 

Because without that solid clarity around where the investor is headed ultimately, the actions because slow, erratic, and lack cohesiveness.

I appreciate the clarity. 

Clarity will not only help you but could very well be your in to an off-market deal Good luck! 

It brings clarity to me, I believe the podcast episodes I have been listening to really hammer into me the importance of cash flow over appreciation but I just couldn’t find it in my market.

I'd love to start some serious relationships with folks that I could connect with, help one another and learn from.I feel like I know just enough to be dangerous, but would love to have some people in my life that could help me refine my direction a bit, or bring clarity to areas where I'm just feeling a bit lost and overwhelmed.At 46 years old, I feel like I've lived and learned enough to have a lot of wisdom in some areas, but yet feel like an absolute newbie in this area.

J Scott...Just for clarity, I am in fact the "recruitment specialist" at my company AND a staff "writer", and rather than being sarcastic but honestly taken aback just a bit at the suggestion of being disingenuous, I'll simply respond by saying that I wear many hats for my employer.

We would (collectively) work through the idea and the other members would propose solutions and their thoughts.For me, it propelled me in different directions that I otherwise never would've gone.The first year in the mastermind, I did 1 deal in real estate and went through a divorce (not BECAUSE of the mastermind, but from some clarity gained therein, and the courage to go through with it).The second year in the mastermind, I bought 6 houses.I am in the process of looking now for a real estate-specific mastermind.The other thing is, I DON'T want to mastermind with people in my local area.Being in a mastermind keeps your eye on the ball, as it were, a concept I don't have trouble with anyway.However, I don't want to be surrounded by a lot of other investors that are in the same boat (in my local area).