We are already surrounded on three sides by urban zoned homes.My neighbors and I have been approached by two individuals, one is a neighbor who is a real estate agent, and the other one a friend of a neighbor, who works with a real estate attorney; both individuals asked us to join them in working with the 5-6 developers they have approached.

@Dennis Boettjer The best way I have found to find quality operators is by joining a Community focused specifically on passive investing in syndications.  

welcome @Cam Caraher and congrats on joining BP, this place is the start for many, sure was for me longer ago than I care to admit.I'm not personally in your market, although was born in dorchester and grew up in NH, but this is a great place to meet locals.If you have not already a great starting point is the Meetups posted here, just search for your area and see if any meetups are happening. 

While all the posts have at lease some legitimate points, I personally believe camp 1 is missing the opportunities present to protect assets under US law mostly because they don’t either understand asset protection, or don’t want to bother with it, so rather than do a proper evaluation they dismiss it as something that won’t work to justify their unwillingness to entertain the idea.Camp 2 is deluding themselves - which delusion has been enhanced by charlatans writing books, giving seminars, and selling packaged plans all of which either attempt to hide your assets or hide the ownership of your assets.  

My name is Vlad  and I’m excited to join this group as a rookie real estate investor.

.-  Joining communities and connecting with others on a similar path. 

I joined Nate Barger’s BRRRR Investment Academy and first learned the process there but I was just flipping houses at that time.

Once I am settled I was planning on joining a class either online or in person.

Find agents with experience working with investors and join local real estate investment groups for off-market deals.

@Max BellileTo build relationships in the real estate investing and business communities in NJ, join local real estate groups like REIAs, meetup groups, and local events like Chamber of Commerce events and open houses.