However, based on your question it appears you might have a little more preparation to do before you announce to the public that you're in the business of buying houses.

Like Gregory stated, Norwood still has some deals available and is on the rise, with the new Progressive Stadium and newly announced amphitheater coming to the area, should be even better for future potential.

Because I was determined to start my own internet business (in the middle of the dotcom bust). 6 months after announcing "I don't need your degree" they called me and told me they found a way to compensate for the missing credit and that I could come and pick up my engineering degree.

Happy to announce during that 2 month period I was able to get under contract on a 4 unit strip mall!

You should be able to buy 18 inch by 24 inch blank signs and the wire stakes to put them on.I Googled "yellow roadside signs" and the first link that came up is an ad announcing 100 signs for $89.Also, pulled up this link:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/87/topics/44116-where-is-the-best-place-to-get-blank-yellow-bandit-signs-

The endless pointless meetings, pretending to care about company wide announcements, having to sell products that I didn’t find valuable at all.

Trying to transition from your law practice is a very broad statement.Also keep in mind that it seems a little fishy that newbies that are making money hand over fist would want to announce it to the world because they are so grateful to their mentor ship program that they join.Typically the people that are vouching for any particular niche and/or program have something personally to gain from promoting what they do. 

And you can go to any local REIA meetup and announce that you're a private hard money lender, and suddenly be swamped with people holding their hands out for money. 

Join those groups, attend whenever possible, and even ask if you can make announcements within the Meetup group's page of your deals.  

Here's the official announcement if anyone needs a copy. http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?