Come to find out his wife's dad had a career in real estate, his friend works at a firm as a private lender (that's how he got started), the houses were 50k houses and half of them were trailers...His personal house, while large was in the middle of nowhere...You can see the focus shifted from real estate investing to social media marketing.

It's mostly sales, good communication, and social media in today's world.

I'm going to increase my networking next year as well as getting my branding and social media machine going.

She was being diplomatic and didn’t say specifically it was me and the other Multi Family Mindset student but we got the impression he was trying to get us pushed out of it so he could move in and get a bigger percentage.A month or so went by and then next thing I know we had to learn by a social media post that my Multi Family Mindset coach had a new deal with the two former students who we had partnered with on this same deal.

Deals posted on social media are not off market they are on a different market.

Many people will never know whats outside their social  and economic circle.

You can search on social media or search your local chapter of the AIA (American Institute of Architects) or IIDA (International Interior Design Association).

Any meetups, social media groups, etc to recommend? 

You can simply Google or lookup ClosedByMo on social media to read through my reviews. 

Look for local groups or online spots like BiggerPockets, and use social sites like Facebook and LinkedIn.