Any local investors - amateur or experienced - who would like to get together for dinner and discuss strategies, please feel free to contact me.

I'm only one of a few hundred still alive who do what I do ("legacy" systems - OpenVMS).Also was a liturgical musician for 40+ years, amateur musician, did HVAC back in the chlorinated halo-carbon days, did pro-audio, ran a recording studio briefly (I was otherwise out of work most of 1985), have done community college telecourse broadcasting, TV production (camera, audio, editing), low-voltage wiring systems. 50+ years experience public speaking including business presentations, international technical symposia and liturgical settings.

I am a amateur investor and I am looking to gain access to additional funding, industry knowledge, and access to resources such as contractors, whole sellers, and finding properties. 

I feel like I have a good amateur knowledge of deal analysis from my reading and podcast listening, but I still am having a hard time finding any deals in my area.My criteria are 100-150K home price, bought at 10% below market (or bought at 15-20% below market, including rehab cost) with price:rent ratio being around 1-1.1.

Interested in learning from and networking with all roles within the industry from experienced pros to amateurs like myself.

Amateur's! 

There is no money for the amateur wholesaler.  

My guess is that when every house is turning over on the same day, it puts a lot of stress on the company to have a team of 100 amateur cleaners working like mad for only 4 hours a week. 

Selling things to people that don't need them is for amateurs.   

Just like anything you'll need to do real estate deals fairly often to keep from making amateur mistakes.