I haven't attended any meetup yet, but I've gone to a few local conferences. 

Also after you are established, conferences are totally worth it because it screens out all the investors that aren't serious about doing business. 

Fathom does have a mentor program for beginners coming to Fathom, is based on servant leadership, offers 100% commission less a transaction and an annual fee and more.

Hey @Mary Carmelo, I'm based in LA and when I'm looking to connect with local investors I google search for local REI meetups, conferences, and even property listings or developments.

Quote from @Cooper Confer: I am just getting started investing in real estate, I plan on buying foreclosed properties in my area and either BRRRR or flipping them.

https://www.coloradorpm.com/They have a great leadership team. 

If you haven't, start with guests on the BP podcast, then look for that guest's podcast, then skim their episodes for guests.Also, look at various conferences and the speakers there, again you will get several 506(c) sponsors, but there will be 506(b) operators as well.  

I imagine I'll be seeing you at the SIOR conference in a couple of years. 

Ironically, before the last modifications of the forums were implemented, BP invited the main contributors to each forum to participate in a conference call with CEO Scott Trench to give feedback about the changes.

Ask for a conference call with both of them and see how that goes.