Social media definitely helps—Facebook groups, BiggerPockets meetups, and LinkedIn are great places to start.

Maybe through Facebook groups since you won't be going there soon.

The Property Management Mastermind podcast and Facebook group are fantastic resources.

You can also find real estate investing groups through meetup.com, Facebook, or a Google search.

You have come to the right place to begin your investing journey.Have you looked into attending local meetings and joining Facebook groups? 

If you see multiple posts a day, it's definitely worth speaking up about like @Nathan Gesner mentioned.At the end of the day, these "trolls, the cut and pasters, and AI posters" don't win in the long term....All sites or groups that grow experience the same issues with moderation (see Facebook groups), but VAs can't moderate because they are doing a letter of the law thing and not reading these garbage posts for what they are - spam, AI, number puffing, and cut and pasting, self-promo.

@Patrick Schwebke Yellowbird (local JAX company) has a facebook group that's very active and I think has monthly meetups, or at least they used to.

I have matched both tenants to their Facebook page (not new pages) and their photos on their work websites.

I see them on Facebook marketplace constantly for ~$300 for a well working set.

You can also find real estate investing groups through meetup.com, Facebook, or a Google search.