While I'm happy to be here, naturally I don't know anyone in the industry.

The industry has an 87% failure rate.

There are entire industries built around these people. 

Houston-area apartment rents continue to fall amid COVID-19 in May"Houston-area apartments saw another month of declining average rents in May, a month that is usually in the midst of an annual upswing in the industry, driven by an exodus of renters."   

Colleagues,There is advocacy group in NYS that is trying to gain some momentum with political action, lobbying, and litigation over the landslide of legislation that continues to take away our ability to run ethical and profitable businesses.I ask if you are a housing provider in the State of New York, please PM me with an email address through which we can send letter writing campaigns and other calls to action to help mitigate the erosion of our industry in NY. 

Single-family home sales fell 20.2 percent year-over-year, with 6,671 units sold, marking the second straight month of declines fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic;The Days on Market (DOM) figure for single-family homes g...

Colleagues,There is advocacy group in NYS that is trying to gain some momentum with political action, lobbying, and litigation over the landslide of legislation that continues to take away our ability to run ethical and profitable businesses.I ask if you are a housing provider in the State of New York, please PM me with an email address through which we can send letter writing campaigns and other calls to action to help mitigate the erosion of our industry in NY.

Obviously the longer someone has been successful in the business the better but that doesn't necessarily mean every deal moving forward will work out and there are some very good sponsors and operators that are new to the industry.

Team,does anyone look at other industries (tech, healthcare, energy, etc.) when deciding where to invest next?  

I currently intern for a real estate professional who is the CEO of a mortgage fund and has an industrial investment company located in Torrance, CA.