What strategies should I employ to build a professional network within the real estate community?

However I read books about real estate and thought that when I come to the USA, I'll start building my real estate portfolio, so here I am.I read several real estate books in the past, but now started to explore more while I'm in the USA.

Just my opinion.Bethesda’s Clark Building Sells For $30M, 22% Of Its 2019 Price (bisnow.com)West Loop Landmark In Shadow Of Willis Tower Sells For Nearly 90% Discount (bisnow.com)Blackstone’s Defaulted NYC Office Loan for Sale at 50% Discount - Bloomberg

I tried to use them, but their website is garbage, I spent several hours trying to build a listing on their clunky platform then their system was unable to "verify" my account.  

I'm a builder in Charlotte NC area and have been building 1300-1400 sq ft homes for the past 3 years.

Hello, looking to connect and build a relationship with a GC in the Indy market to help with our rehabs

Hi everyone, This is my first post, so apologies if I should've tagged something different.My husband and I live on the east side of the Salt Lake Valley, and we’ve been exploring ways to achieve financial independence and build wealth through real estate investment.

With that in hand, we close on the house, immediately re-list (avg DOM 30 in the neighborhood), sell that to pay off the loan and sell the shovel-ready lot in 2-3 months when the building permit comes in.

If Jesus came back and got into rentals NO, N-O-B-O-D-Y get's admin access into our system. 2) They want a standardized list for maintenance items so they know in advance what repairs would cost.Being a PMc I'd invite them to acquire any of the readily available construction estimating tools/software out there such as RSMeans, but would not take on such a task as building and maintaining such a database, honestly for any $, it's simply not what we do. 3) They want a copy of all invoices from contractors to us so they can verify we are not marking up more than promised.A-ok. 4) They want to be able to talk to our contractors before work is done (each time) so they can talk contractors down in price themselves.I'd be fine with this as long as they sign a waiver that they own any/all negative impacts that result from such including extended vacancy periods, vendor refusals of service necessitating there own self-search to secure amicable vendor etc etc.. 5) They mentioned that they pay around $300 for full paint in a 2-bedroom unit.... we do not have a contractor that will touch a full paint on a 2 bedroom for $300LMAO!

I'm staying at a furnished home here in ybor and I see alot of land that is unused and alot of building that I feel can be repurposed to make the place better and help the people.