This is a ways out, but I think more incentives need to be put in place for investors to house the people that serve and have a place in the community - they serve your drinks at your fav coffee spot, clean your office at night, work in your kids daycare.

I don't drink in February.  

However, after two gulps you needed a refill.Haha - yes grocery store makes more sense.If you were drinking your $1 beers in 2 gulps you were probably just guilty of being too European.

And I would love to sit down and grab a drink if anyone out here in DFW is up to it.

I'd start with drinking a beer at your local REIA, found either on here or meetup.com.

Find the people who are doing the jobs you want to do and invite them out for food or drinks.

Hey BP,I am going to be in Corona, CA this week and wanted to know if anyone local wanted to grab a coffee/drink on Friday or Saturday?

But to answer you questionI like Chicago as you can get some mass there and a ton to choose from and you can buy value add which your going to need to ultimately get to your super high return that you must have.Frankly those with this kind of cash I just don't see going to in to these types of assets as they are management intense and the loss of capital is real.The bigger cash guys I see go for A quality assets and with that kind of cash you could buy a very nice 10 million plus properties that would give you years of income enjoyment while your sipping your fruity drinks in the tropics   :)

Invite couple of them out to drinks, dinner, etc. and pick their brain for all the free (except price of drinks, steak, etc.) information they will provide.

The lakes are drying up pretty quickly and with more people moving here and putting their straw into the lake to water lawns, bathe and drink water, I see that becoming a real problem if not addressed.