I am new to real estate investing and curious if anyone knows of any local real estate meetings/meetup groups in the Chicago area. 

@Gloria Moore have you tried attending any of the local meet ups in the Raleigh/Durham area?

Thanks @Brandon Turner  I really am learning a lot and meeting some great people here on BP!

I'm leaning towards hitting a local investor group meeting and trying to partner with someone with a little more experience.

After my first baby girl was born I needed a more flexible schedule to tend to my kid so I quit my wonderful pharm tech job and become an insurance/financial representative with COUNTY Financial.

We have a group up in Logan that is starting an Ogden meeting next month (Northern Utah REIA) nureia.org.  

Do not try to do everything yourself.Have good and experienced Team members are professionals that can help you meet your goals.  

You will learn so much about business, capitalism, taxation, what is wrong with our country, meet many different types of people, your own flaws and strengths and the list goes on!  

I meet a lot of sellers who aren't ready to sell today, but who likely will be in the next 6-12 months.

Come on out to PIG next Tuesday night, 6:30pm @ the Civic Center (Pensacola Investor's Guild, PIG monthly meeting.)Send me a note if you're coming, I'll keep an eye out for you.