I think the more common theme you'll see from these forums is people interested in financial independence through real estate investing.

NHREIA meets the 2nd Wed of the month, NewEnglandREIA meets the first Wed, and NH RE Investor Mastermind can be found on Meetup and sometimes here on the events page, and meets in Nashua.   

The only problem is I don't have that much to get started with right now and I live in NJ...On top of that, I'm also saving for a new car within the next 2 years (will just buy something reliable and used to save as much $$$ as possible...mine has 187K miles on it right now), a wedding within the next 5, and I have my monthly student loan payment...so how am I supposed to save enough to still have enough for at least a 20-25% minimum down payment plus reserves for rehab.

I also visited an old friend whose wedding I'm going to in June, and it just so happened that she was 5 days away from listing her house that she had bought two years ago (once married, she's moving to Indy where her fiancee lives). 

Nope.Also be very sure you want to involve yourself in events before you take a booking for something like a "small" wedding or "cozy" party. 

Other things you can do:Talk to neighbors with similar housing types and ask about foundation issues -- if the houses were built by the same developer sometimes there will be common themes throughout a developmentDetermine the type and age of the foundation.

If you want to chat out ideas, come to the meetup in Santa Cruz on wed night june 20th @ 7pm at pour. 

If there is any interest in gathering a small group, maybe Tues, Wed, or Thurs evening to talk shop?

We have been keeping it parked on the sideline however beacause were getting married in August and want to ideally walk away from the wedding without any debt and perhaps profit a few K.

He also owns a large commercial building in which he runs his ballroom business for Weddings, Quinceanera's and so forth.