I would be attending family office type events where your interacting with those of your same financial standing.. 

As far as my current 2 properties: 1. is the house I live in that doesn’t actually have much of an investment value.2.Is a house I’m letting my mom live in paying the note and attending to repair bills.

The other way is to attend REIA club near you and give them a criteria buying sheet for the investor to fill out so when the property comes up you know who you call.I hope those ideas above will help you out and encourage you to stay in the game.

I’ve been listening to the bigger pockets podcast, reading loads of different articles, and have been attending a small local meetup for investing.

Click to the event tab on the left side.

I am curious if anyone attended and/or purchased at the Baldwin county sale last year? 

Lots of knowledgeable people attend. https://www.meetup.com/Central-PA-Investors/https://www.meetup.com/LIMG-Harrisburg/

I've attended a Renatus event and have been speaking to a member who is successfully investing in properties and he is making me a believer of the program, but I've been hearing a whole lot of negative feed back on this program, what should I do?

you will usually split a 50/50 equity deal for newbie investors but as you build your portfolio and experience you can start to weigh that more on your side. go to networking events and look for private money or if you qualify go with agency debt or some other loan product first

A new investor attended a sheriff sale in hopes of buying a property, and at the auction nobody was bidding against this investor.