Plus any leads gleaned there seem to want the “friends & family” discount.

PenFed FCU, TD Bank and US Bank are my best recommendations.I've gleaned these lenders from the kind people on BP.

When I worked for a big bay area syndicator prior to going into Hard money ( and I was in the acquisitions side of the company not money raising) but I did glean how they did their deals.. 

Plus he appears in multiple podcasts so can glean a lot of good information from that as well.

Cabinets To Go appears to have comparable pricing (the prices are right on the website), so I'm just trying to get an idea of the quality and look, which can't always be gleaned from the pictures.Here's the website if you're curious...not bad pricing for a franchise store (if you click through you can see cabinet-by-cabinet prices):http://www.cabinetstogo.com/kitchen_cabinets.asp

One advantage, however, is that there are generations of real estate investors from whom savvy techniques can be gleaned.

So I'm 80% sure I'm going to be doing a deeper dive into GA, but I have eyes on OK, TX, MD.Lately I've been trying to glean info using google-fu and reaching out to agents in the area.What resources are you guys using to research and find information?

Hopefully I will be able to glean more information from him in the future. 

Glean as much as you can for free, there's tons of great info out there.

The popular sites are difficult to glean any accurate data from...the truth is that Redfin has the only actual broker presence and the others are really in place to get access to your information with "click bait"...I know our MLS cuts zillow off from syndicating listings about every other month...same with Realtor.com...lots of in-fighting.If you are big on mapping and want the best out there, look at esri/ arc gis...or even mapbox...and MS Power BI is probably the most easily accessible option.