What business travel organizations are they members of? 

I am willing to travel for a chance to learn and or shadow your daily routine as well as study how you handle and maneuver all situations related.

But you’ll find that most Triangle real estate does not cash flow positive, and with your work and family obligations you may or may not have the bandwidth to deal with traveling to distant and marginal areas. 

Both our jobs are in edmonds but we are willing to travel.

STR's are not just for vacation rather many people who travel for work use them all the time (nurses, contractors, etc.)

My hobbies are traveling the world with my beautiful and supportive wife, and working with her towards our financial freedom through real estate. 

Go to meetup.com and pick the nearest city and how many miles you are willing to travel.

If you want a more concrete list, some of the worst ways to spend money (in my opinion):Going to the movies, buying drinks out regularly, trendy home decor (that will soon be out of style), buying a new car, eating out regularly, impulse buys (of basically any kind, to include travel unless it's an insanely good deal), books you won't read (if you know you'll read them it's fine), anything to "keep up with the Joneses", basically anything that won't last. 

Situation:I specialised in property development and real estate in Canada, Australia and the UK and got burnt out and decided to take 2018 and majority of 2019 off to travel.

I am also willing to travel to shadow someone.