For those that don't have the time or resources it's a great way to passively invest.Now if you want to be more active there are agents who can help you scale with the right teams in place.

Those meetups are a great way to soak up relevant info from other active investors.

I also want to be active in other rust-belt cities that are similar to Milwaukee and I want to be part of their eventual comeback: Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, St.

There are a lot of active agents in Columbus on here.

Active syndicators are frequently quoted in news articles or have entire articles written about them in trade and mainstream publications.

This means that if you do not want something as active as value adds, you need to be patient.  

In the meantime though, I'd try to just actively build your platform here on Bigger Pockets and just casually connect with people. 

So this is a new one for me... Listing price is at 130k and agent mentioned that the seller has wiggle room to drop the price. However, there is a mortgage on it with about 80k left, is it even worth trying to still g...

I'd rather just invest in something that would gain value and get deductions through an active business - created for the purpose of tax deductions.

- There's a logical reason when/why activity will pick up...wait for it...