I don’t mind the lack of tornadoes and hail either. in all reality Vegas is for sure a top place for the landlord given age of assets and such minimal maintenance and or act of god events. as long as you have good HVAC  those houses your describing are basically bullit proof 

I am interested in person networking events but I can also do Zoom/GoogleMeet video chats.

Hi Maritha, Start looking at the different trends (population growth, economy, job growth, unemployment rates, price/rent ratio, rent growth etc) occurring in each area.

This strategy is something I developed during Covid and have stuck with since I rarely found success with the in-person group networking events (likely my fault, not the events').

Read 10 pages of a business bookAlso, attend the webinars once a week and attend one networking event a month.

There is also a very large real estate community in the Atlanta MSA, so don't be afraid to get out to some events or reach out to folks directly here on BiggerPockets. 

ie; eliminate personal debt, invest in better data metric platforms for leads, invest in direct mailing or perhaps join mentoring and mastermind events?

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Question for CPAs and Attorneys. I have a lead who is interested in selling an investment property that has been owned since 2001. Property was purchased for around $500,000 and they are looking to sell at aro...

I can create an event and post it. 

If that's true, I would highly recommend building that reserve stockpile as fast as possible because even if this particular event goes smoothly, I can guarantee you at some point something is going to go horribly wrong and you are going to want to have the funds to cover whatever curveball you get thrown without needing to stress out about it.