I highly recommend you join up!

FB marketplace, join all the real estate FB groups for your area, REIA meetings, real estate meetups, talk to agents, get on Zillow and look for properties that look rehabbed/flipped and find out who sold it (the seller will be the investor you're looking for) and ask them if they want another hot deal in the same area.

I would answer yes, but as far as the mentorship program, I couldn't answer that because I didn't join.

Also how did you go about joining? 

A great way to start is by attending RE events and joining a local investors association.

There are some serious housing perks with my new job offer: 1) $150K in a 0% interest forgivable loan for downpayment (10% forgiven each year 2) a special home loan program that is currently lending at an interest rate of 4.1%. 3) Can join a waitlist for on-campus faculty housing that is sold for at 50-75% of the fair market value consequently when you sell you are capped at how much you can sell for; waitlist for these homes is approximately 7-10 years and you can stay there until you die).

Joining real estate investment groups and attending meetups can also help you find potential partners with local expertise and help you get comfortable with cap rate analysis and other key metrics!

Join NARPM, that's also a great resource.The systems to get to a decent portfolio are not complex, especially with today's software.

We’re thrilled you've joined us.

I was hoping to get other owners to join me in protest but no one seems interested.