I LOVE that Chicago will be on the cutting edge of new technology. 

Another was their technology to calculate repair costs to their value price when making an offer.

I am finishing up my degree from Old Dominion University in finance with a concentration on RE and a minor in civil engineering technology. 

I’ve learned so much from BP already it’d be great to give back and network with like-minded investors - if I can ever be helpful, the areas I’m good at are: (1) rigorous financial analysis (CFA charter holder), (2) technology / software (I have my own blog on building wealth), and (3) tax strategy (will not give official advice since I’m not a licensed tax professional, but I think about a lot of tax strategies).What I’d love to learn most about is: (1) off-market deal sourcing (lead/list generation, mailers, using software to scale), (2) rehabbing (love J Scott’s book), and (3) effective property management strategies (loved Jake & Gino’s BP podcast) - all with a buy-and-hold goal in mind.

Open discussion about creative ways to generate additional income on top of rent for your properties.Has anybody offered a technology package? 

@Taylor L. yes, I am interested in learning about purchasing an undermanaged facility and adding technology to increase efficiency and allow for remote management.

Recent graduates and some technology folks.

I'm a huge book wonk, and enjoy swimming, the outdoors in general, home brewing, travel, and cooking/bbq.My goals, to start, at least:Never stop learningNetwork - Partner - Develop relationships in the areaIncome - Income - IncomeDeveloping systems and working on time managementRehab jobs on the side to add to the ability to produce #3"Retire" from my day job by 40I'm also quite interested in personal finance topics, as well as harnessing the power of technology and data to make quick decisions; although I generally abhor black boxes.

TX is booming, oil, technology, healthcare and massive population growth here!

This may limit your growth rate in the short term when the market is strong, but will save you when the market is soft.Generally engineers have sound personal finance since they have decent, steady, well paid jobs and not extravagant spending/tastes (except maybe when it comes to technology)Possible Disadvantages:You will tend to over analyze everything and want to understand every minute detail before taking any actionYou may want or expect things to be "black and white" and have trouble operating with ambiguity and in the "grey area".