Attending their weekly meetings has been immensely helpful already.  

It has actually bettered their relationships immensely.

I have for many years now read the forums, learned immense amounts of information and figured it was not time to contribute back and hopefully network & work with some of the amazing people on this site on property and business ventures in the future. 

The area is primarily african american low income and he is originally from the area.

Immensely.  

I stumbled upon my first flip property right off the bat, an incredible stroke of luck given the total lack of inventory and immense competition in this area.What acquisition strategies actually work in the Seattle and neighboring areas?

There is much DD that goes into each and every one of these which takes immense resources.  

I have an immense amount of motivation and determination to succeed.

He says, there is a African American women living in the house right now.

Some RE investors will get slaughtered, some will benefit immensely.