It will be a good way to look for a mentor and meet people already in the industry. 

for my RI and MA investors what's the average cost of putting in a new countertop in the kitchen?

Or the average. 

A little about myself, I'm an engineer working in the aerospace industry and I am here to start from the bottom and work my way up in the real estate world.  

Thanks for lookingTo start I personally have ten years in the construction industry, so my initial plan is to do all the rehabbing in house buy purchasing REO and flipping them with my own laborers, now obviously I would need to speak to a CPA to see how I could structure something like this, weather I keep my GC business and pay out my business as a GC or keep it all together under the flipping side of the business.After I have weathered the battle of flipping several REO and have built substantial working capitol, id like to move into the buy and hold side of the business, continuing to purchase depressed properties and flip to rent.

On average we receive between 80-100 inquiries on every property.

For example, if Memphis has a lot of turn key activity, is there also a banking / financing scene in that same geographic area that caters to the industry?

How many units is that, what area is it in, what are the average rents, when was it built, what utilities are the owner paying?

A lot seemed to be industry professionals more so than investors.Another group is done through IRBY.

Average number of hours you work per week?