My fiance is attending a conference for work.

I lived there myself for 4 years, then moved out and converted it to a super-profitable short-term rental (it's ideally situated near great restaurants/nightlife, the National Zoo, Rock Creek Park, and hotels that host professional conferences).

Compare that to Providence, with 5500 hotel rooms, 1700 of which are within walking distance of their arena.This has a direct impact on the City not being eligible to host NCAA and major conference sporting events.The data in this article is mind-boggling.

If you’ve never owned a rental before, I’d highly, highly, highly advise staring out much smaller than 13 million and 100 units, and frankly unless you have 13 million in cash no bank is going to lend someone with no experience 13 million dollars, I’d start with multi family in one of three places, a class Baltimore, canton, fells, Fed hill etc, Frederick or the eastern shore of Md all of those markets are somewhat affordable have good tenant mixes and a relatively safe, see how it goes, if you like it, than buy another 2-4 unit, than another maybe once you have 8-10 units if you still like it, still are making money than go for something bigger.

What has been some of your favorite conferences surrounding  any of these topics; real estate, professional development or finances?

You can PM me to get the free conference line number

Also networking with like-minded RE investors in the space of your interest via meetups and conferences (most are virtual for now but plenty available).Here's the article to help you further: https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/10850/86621-six-steps-approach-to-getting-started-in-real-estate

Reach out to @Tom Gimer at Eastern Title

I was out at a conference last week.

We have a phone conference with Partner Driven Real Estate in the morning.