There are so many veterans who have carved nice paths in real estate investing all over the site and as guests on podcasts that you can learn from as well.

Get listed on all the OTA’s and a direct booking site, use good management software like HostAway, use dynamic pricing software like pricelabs, use WiFi enabled smart locks like Schlage encode, use an email capture system for guests to login to WiFi like stayfi, use those captured emails to do marketing for your direct booking site, and automate scheduling and payments for cleaners and maintenance.

If you are just looking to network I would go the route of meetups locally (you can check above at the toolbar, hoover over forums then to the right you have events and meetups.If you are looking to wholesale and build a list of buyers that fix and flip for deals you may have then I would pull lists from 3rd party sites like Property Radar or propstream.

And those who purchase the timber rights then come in, at there own expense, with there own equipment, there own operations, harvest, site mill, do whatever reclamation and then leave. 

With Google, Yelp, Facebook reviews as well as what is on their site and what type of content they are posting on their social media pages....

I'm a beginner as well, but have been reading this site enough to see the recommended (over and over) approach is to leverage your presumably un-tied-down youth to move every 2 years, each time using 3.5% down payments to buy multifamily buildings / house hacks. 

If you inquire from Zillow, apartments.com, any of the sites, our site doesnt matter, we capture there data and followup campaigns go into action backed with ai at work that I am ever evolving. 

Removing some of the on-site staffing that is not needed 4.

If there are changes you want to make then send your tenants official notice of those changes via in person delivery or certified and regular mail along with a copy of the new lease.

This site is proof of that.