Some times best to go and just listen just don't drink what they serving if you get my sarcasm in their. 

I go to most of the BP meet-ups at Anna Liffy's or if you'd like to talk one on one, I could do coffee (ok, I drink tea) one day or evening if evenings are better for you.

Maybe I want to know how much at which one since I like dutch brothers and my wife drinks Starbucks.

Drinking from a firehouse and hoping to move my needle.

I have liquidity from the previous business to invest and hopefully kick start this endeavor.Biggest challenge - I don't know this industry, I am coming from a completely opposite industry in the technology field.What I have, I think, in my favor, are colleagues from the RE industry with experience in both traditional RE sales (agent/buy/sell) but also experience in the REI side (one owning about 70+ properties and the other owning about 25 properties, both using their properties for passive cashflow)With an engineering/analytical background, my greatest fear right now is the unknown and I am trying to shore up that experience through reading and listening to others, but as I have already discovered, its like taking a drink from the fire hose - way more knowledge than I can consume in a short period of time.Questions I would pose to anyone interesting in providing some feedback -- Best way to look for that first opportunity?  

I feel like I'm drinking from the fire hose right now.

We should grab coffee or drinks.

We also require them to give us a copy of all lisc and insurance information.We also realize that we live and die by having good vendors, we hold vendor appreciation parties when they all come to our office and we provide food and drinks and thank them for the hard and great work they have done. 

They'll give you so much info and so many ideas on when, where, why, how and with whom to invest that you'll be delighted to stay for that after meeting drink to network with all the potential partners you'll meet there.That is the best and most fun advice I can give you of a general nature.

Take that income, go to Australia, drink beer, get in a barfight, chase a kangaroo, wrestle a croc.