I'd also like to connect with someone who is in the local market that can offer me some guidance, I'm happy to pay for lunch/coffee/drinks!

There is a lot of misconceptions still, about what it is, how it is mined and how it could penetrate daily lives even more than the internet did and does. 100k is the low end...Mcafee ( the security software guy) is a coin miner and says that he bets bitcoin hits 1 million by 2020 or he will eat his own private parts.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

Which S8 "guru" program did you drink their kool-aid?

The guy was over 300 pounds and had been drinking. 

If you are looking in 3 states and multiple markets in each state it's like drinking from a fire hose on trying to learn those markets.

He is brilliant in shorting currencies and their equivalents.Most big players are shorting their own positions (especially miners) as a hedge.

I have learned over the years, that there will always be those that do and those that don't or won't.I think we all know the old saying "you can lead a horse to water but you can not make him drink.".

That bitcoin mining stock picked up another 70k miners to triple up capacity. 

My clients appreciate that. 10 years ago, people used to offer you lunch, drinks, etc. no one even offers a glass if water anymore.