You can get eaten alive in the Baltimore market by people selling you Class D properties "dressed up" as Class B.

I've been in the lending Industry for 20 years, and I feel many people on BiggerPockets give misleading information a lot of times.

The truth is, people are suckered by this all the time.

Buy not many people can do this and it requires very good book keeping.

Been in law enforcement for some time and while they do evolve over time, they will keep the same red flags in for long enough for people to figure them out and spot them. 

They are on the market longer and are not going at asking prices but some people are still being very aggressive with their asking prices so it really isn't a great indicator.

You can also check meetup.com or search Facebook for real estate investment groups, clubs, or meetings in your area.You're feeling FOMO because you see people all over BP, YouTube, and Instagram bragging about their success.

I am just curious how people scale when they don’t have a lot of liquid cash like me?  

A recession will knock out a lot of overleveraged operators, and with more people piling into short-term rentals, rates are already getting squeezed in a lot of markets.

There is also podcastguests.com as well as several facebook groups where you can find people to get on other podcasts.