I know in my 50 years of being an RE Broker in Multiple states I have had to just go direct its usually frowned upon per ethics but if you think you need to nothing stopping your agent from doing that..  

When I used to have RE Broker in my title ( I still have the license just dont practice) I would get folks pinging me about Vegas about once a quarter or so and I would hand those leads to my Daughter  she made some pretty awesome connections from a few of those folks that bought multi million dollar homes..

So not only new RE investors could benefit from unbiased analysis :=).  

I'll definitely take that into consideration when I make my RE move and will look into some meetups.

I have been a RE broker for 44 Years now.. and thousands of transactions in the tank..

Those buying close to the city are either breaking even or taking negative cashflow and banking on appreciation (or buying all cash and parking money, ha).If you do consider Lowell, I'd also recommend you check out the Fitchburg/Leominster area as well.

I’ll have to re-think how I manage FB Messenger communications moving forward, like perhaps switching to the corporate email once anything goes past the initial inquiry. 

Well this will apply to your RE LLCs…A new law was passed back in 2020 which has not been on the radar for most business owners.

This my friends on BP is just the reality of Real Estate you have two basic methods One mom and pop keep their day jobs and start buying long term hold rentals as they can afford them and if they like it they keep at it..Two you jump in the game and try to make money transactionally IE RE Broker  Flipper Wholesaler MLO  leasing agent etc etc.. this also is a long term ramp.. what the Guru programs attract generally speaking is those that get excited think they can somehow buy a program ( any program pick one) and its going to jump start them to this mythical financial freedom everyone talks about..

Quote from @Bruce Woodruff: I assume you;re talking about a model like this?