Good luck finding local real estate groups.Every group that I've found appeared to be MUCH more interested in selling memberships than building community, but then again, maybe that is what all of them are like. 

There is a membership option that I have and it's like $40/month but the cleaners charge way lower per hour to do the actual clean than others I have used commercially.

Over the past year I have assembled “bank books” for presentation to lenders (never actually presented), joined a few REIAs, attended a few meetings, and signed up for a few paid membership accounts to access all the “secrets” (yeah, more guru type) and made some contacts, and just kept looking at properties.

I've got a membership on the site (free) and I've been playing with different cities and niches within those cities on their search engine.  

If you buy a Pro membership with BiggerPockets, they includes a lease and other forms that you can edit and use.

In my opinion I think these are great ways to spend money on something to feel like your are doing something to get closer to your goals much like buying a gym membership.

If you upgrade your BiggerPockets account to a PRO membership, the forms are included and you get other benefits.

They incur the cost of licensure and MLS membership, at a minimum (which cost considerably more than you probably think that they do).  

Since I think that weakens my seller's position, I'm happier stating that I'm not at liberty to discuss other offers.NAR membership doesn't really do anything to prevent a dirtbag from practicing real estate as a dirtbag.  

To add to what the guys above mentioned, another reason is because most Loopnet memberships are free (although there’s also a paid version).