One last note, if you are purchasing a property on the MLS and you are one of many offers, using a big bank or virtual lender can hurt your chances of winning the bid because the seller's agent will want to work with a lender they can get a hold of outside of business hours.  

There are plenty of virtual Real Estate investing zoom meetups on the meetup app!

I’d love to hear back from you on this thread, or perhaps I can buy you a virtual Cup of Coffee over the Phone or Zoom Call.

We monitor and present the raw MLS data every month as part of our virtual meetup and there has certainly been a shift in active inventory in Boston proper.

Find a local meetups (most are virtual right now) and try to attend / network.  

I have someone in Livermore, and can commute throughout the Bay, yet sure a lot of it is virtual at the moment.  

1.Subscribe to the BiggerPockets Money and Rookie Podcasts2.Attend the FREE WEBINARS3.Attend a Meetup in Your Area / virtual meet ups4.Purchase the Beginner Books: How to Invest in Real Estate, Set for Life, The House Hacking Strategy5.Peruse the forums!

I would appreciate any local investor willing to connect and spend a few minutes over a virtual beer, on me ;-)

Things have moved 100% virtual now but hopefully we'll be back to in-person events soon. 

The Madison REIA meets a couple times a month usually and has been doing virtual meetings during the pandemic.