Network locally with members and guests of the Tidewater Real Estate Investment Group, one of the largest in the nation, that meets once a month, so just a few hours of your time each month.  

They will usually have the broadest network and the most current information in the local market and investing trends.Best of Luck!

Hello Bigger Pocket's community,      I am always on the lookout of ways that I can network with other, high performance individuals in the real estate business. 

I’m looking to network with property owners of Multi-Family in the North West suburbs.

While I liked the vibe of the boutique more, I am thinking the larger companies would offer more transaction volume and bigger group of networking opportunities.

Believe it's meeting this Thursday (22-Feb) at Renton Technical College. https://www.meetup.com/Fixated-On-Real-Estate/Real Estate Association of Puget Sound (REAPS): http://www.reapsweb.com/Seattle Investors Club (SIC): https://seattleinvestorsclub.com/Cascadia Investors Alliance: https://www.meetup.com/CascadiaInvestorsAlliance/Each can focus on different areas, but they're all excellent for networking with other investors and RE-focused business partners.Keep listening to the podcasts, start joining the networking events, and you'll start to define your goals and how you want to get there. 

I am looking for ways of finding and networking with local wholesalers in my area (Greenville, Spartanburg).

In my estimation you really just need to network and keep you options open. 

Work your network.

I am not a CPA, but it also opens up a litany of tax advantages because you can now drive certain of your activities through the LLC as expenses-- mileage and gas, networking lunch/dinner/happy hour, repair costs, the list goes on.