Looks like Detroit is a pretty popular answer here...at the risk of being redundant...I'll jump on the bandwagon..In Detroit's defense, it is consistently ranked the #1 cash flow market in the country, so it's kinda inevitable.I'm pretty biased towards Metro Detroit for obvious reasons lol.

This had me thinking last night (prior to reading your post), that I have a friend who is an investor and owns a few properties etc. but spends a lot of their time traveling from conference to conference getting "education".

So this may be a little bit defensive, I apologize. 

Regular meetings, workshops, and events are frequently held by these associations, providing an opportunity to network with seasoned investors.Real Estate Conferences: Participate in Chicago's real estate seminars or conferences.

Jason I wouldn't touch Akron or Cleveland or any other area, even in columbus half o the city I wouldn't touch but all I do is new construction. after I traveled to florida it makes columbus look silly. it's good to get out of your area and expand and see and talk to people. if you go to 3 real estate conferences it will change your mindset substantially. 

DST's are not doing so well right now from some of the conferences I have gone too.

Also check your landlord/tenant laws to see whether the guest having utilities in their name confers tenant rights.

If they go to conferences they probably are not into anything bad - one sign I learned was especially gurus etc are all over social media and don’t go to conferences - there is a reason why.

I was speaking at an IMN conference on a panel and everyone else on stage built appreciation into their investment models while we didn't.

Ohio also has a 4 day inexpensive conference in November with 1000 attendees.