I am excited to hear that Atlanta, GA is hot at the moment as it is my chosen area to start off with.

Have you chosen an area of REI to focus on yet?

I wanted to use a contract that I plan to work with in the future, but you're correct @Mark Gallagher in that I may have chosen to only have them as my mold remediators (for two houses getting mold remediation of all exterior and interior walls I figured $20K was pretty reasonable btw) and I was going to get a different contractor for the house restoration and remodel as I felt his quotes were a bit high.

The speakers chosen for this event were inspiring, dynamic and really know their stuff.

I think you have chosen a great strategy in MF buy and hold. 

Or is through an chosen agent the most reliable link to the actual situation. 

So this is the path I've chosen to follow up to and including being part of my retirement.I believe that networking and gathering real life experience from doing work myself along with following other's guidance (who have been there/done that) will garner me more knowledge and success than paying "gurus" thousand of dollars for bus trips through a city and region I already know well.I am still formulating a 5 year plan (yes, they are passe now a days but I'm old school) and I feel the first steps would be to connect with other REI's, join the local REI Groups and begin growing my network.Any guidance, advice and suggestions from this point forward will be greatly appreciated!

The seller could have chosen anyone for this but yet she have chosen me and i do not want to let her down.........Please give your full an honest opinion i would really appreciate the help because i do not know what to do, there may be another solution i could take that you may know that i do not.

I know many out of country investors and landlords who have chosen to invest in the US market.

Meeting locations are chosen for various reasons, but a group doesn't automatically focus on that specific location.