I am not sure what the order of events should be so I don't want to feed you false info, I'm sure others who have more experience with HELOCs will chirp in.

Washington likes to sling about some largess after big events like the ones we've experienced this hurricane season.

My target is the outer counties (Coweta, Carroll, Forsyth, Cobb, Paulding)  I attended the Coweta County sale for October and many of the properties went for near retail on say a $4k starting bid. 

I've personally attended the Central Ohio Real Estate Entrepreneurs Association and Columbus Property Investors Association meetups before.

All I had about $40K to my name and spent a good deal of time looking at properties, reading blogs, browsing Bigger Pockets, attending seminars.

When the sun goes down you should be at every relevant networking event you can find. 

I would definitely attend the meet up mentioned by @JD Morris.

I would definitely check out the Real Estate Events and Happenings section as there are usually several different events for local investors every month, and they're generally great for meeting people involved in different facets of the industry to build out your team.It's certainly challenging to find good deals nowadays in the area--there's a lot competition, and almost everything you'll see on the MLS will be relatively overpriced (and/or gone within days/hours of being posted).

Attend the  Tulsa Real Estate Investors Meetings

You should start to network on your area join a local meet up and attend and investment club too.