I live in the Lancaster PA area.I am new to real estate investing and looking to connect with any local investor.

I wonder if your local MLS provider has a list of MLS_only brokers in their system?

Here are additional comments:1) Buying out of state removes any local knowledge you have from assisting in your success, including knowing areas, people and costs. - We always recommend buying your first rental locally if possible and DIY managing to learn as much as possible before investing OOS.2) Lots of crooks and incompetents in the PMC world:( They both cost you money.- As already stated, you'll have a small portfolio.

I really want to do local meetups and interact with more advanced investors but don’t know where to start.

Wrapping 3 properties into one blanket loan shouldn't be a problem, save these are sitting on any sizeable acreage.You might get lucky and find a unicorn local bank or credit union that would consider that kind of leverage, but I would say overall, those terms are very unrealistic.Cheers!

What was the quality like compared to local options?

I am new to real estate investing and looking to connect with any local investor.

Real estate is so localized that most federal based policy changes don't have massive influence.I can see him (semi-)privatizing Freddie/Fannie.

I would recommend going to some local real estate networking events and asking around in person who people like to work with for title.

@Audrey Sommer I prefer investing in my local market (Snohomish County).