Start developing your network early. 

And the cost of heating the building can vary widely from year to year.

For the past year, I have been educating myself using books, forums, podcasts, networking etc.

This is a great place to learn and network.

@Etan Frankel although the government has a hard deadline of April 20th, 2018 to establish designated opportunity zones nation-wide, the investments wont happen for a short period afterwards while the IRS works on designating qualifications for the certification of an Opportunity Zone Fund.As soon as the certifications have been designated and the flood gates for applications are opened, i am sure you will begin to see many Opportunity Fund's pop up that would be eager to participate in the investment.

I deal with the monstrosity known as the NYC building of department as well as smaller municipalities like in my hometown of Yonkers and there is a wide variation on the time involved and what they require.

So for a few years, took a step back in acquiring more and just focused on paying down, saving, networking, and learning a ton about Baltimore County rental laws.

Would recommend you check out Fixated on Real Estate that meets in Renton monthly with great speakers and a ton of people so great networking.

Hello, I'm looking to network with good contractors in the south Fort Worth area. 

I think it'd be more of value to network with others, learn from their experiences, and even create partnerships in order to get a hang of the system.