It is always surprising to hear of someone leaving the ranks after 12 years.

You'll have plenty to dive into here so don't be surprised if this stage takes a while.

You might be very surprised.  

Surprisingly, most of my best deals are clean and fix, then sell fast below market, especially in this hot market.

I was wondering if anybody would interested in joining a Bigger Pockets meetup group here in the Central Valley -  Specifically Fresno - I am surprised to see that there are very so few Bigger Pockets meetup groups around the country and would really like to start one locally up so we can get some like minded thinkers under the same roof at the same time.  

If so, you listed too high and should not be surprised by a lack of interest.

Surprisingly - or not - there are very few multi-family properties coming to market where the asking price is allowing for a return above 6%.  

Your market is a bit of a different sort of RE beast, so it does not surprise me at all that you may have a hard time applying stuff you've read online and in books to your local market, and think you are on the right track to find a local mentor.My advice on next steps would be to figure out what things a mentor like the one you describe would likely need or want, and then position yourself to provide one or more of those things to them.

On the other hand, rents have steadily risen over the past few years, so I wouldn't be surprised if $900 happens.  

Your tolerance for headaches and surprises.