I want to continue this social landscaping, but craigslist isn't cutting it and me networking in the city drinking in bars bs'ing and networking isn't going do it either.

It's like a full time job, but I can drink beer in between calls. 

It's about 25 minutes away from me... would be great to grab a drink and talk real estate after I'm done reading David's book cover to cover.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies that spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

On my current trajectory, I will be the beer-drinking-est, TV-watching-est, credit card debt-ridden-est dude in this hemisphere, and that's not where I'd like to be, thank you very much.Reply here or DM me if you're interested in having a conversation about this.

But who's going to serve the Drinks?!?!

You can get a decent feel for the area buy hoping on the freeway during "rush hour" and then grabbing some dinner/drinks during happy hour.

I didnt wait till 21 to drink irresponsibly , I started way before that . 

Your best bet is going to be attending a few local REIA meetups and offering to pick up a dinner/drinks tab. 

Let me know when you come on down this way, have a cup of coffee (or whatever you like to drink) and shoot the breeze about real estate.