These events provide an opportunity to connect with other real estate investors and industry professionals, exchange ideas, and network in a virtual setting.Social Media: Utilize social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to connect with others in the real estate investment community.

You can purchase lists and compile lists from city and county for 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, probate, divorce, high equity, etc. and mail or cold call.Other methods are driving for dollars, door knocking, wholesalers, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, foreclosure sites, put out bandit signs, billboards, newspapers, other offline publications.You can use pay per click/adwords, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online and social media marketing.

I love expanding my network so feel free to message me to connect on LinkedIn as well.

As for your question, you may be able to find some investor networks on facebook and linkedin to connect with prior to the move.

Find him on LinkedIn.

Otherwise, a Linkedin or BP profile should serve as a business card.

Jimmy & Charles - If more members did what you do, by sharing the threads they create, their blogs, and other content that they find interesting using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Digg, Delicious and other bookmarking/social networking sites, our growth would accelerate even more.

I make post to my Facebook real estate groups, I post on Craigslist and backpages and linkedin advertising for buyers and I don't get nearly the response I think I should be getting.

For example, I've typed in my LinkedIn name under "contact" on the dashboard but the LinkedIn button hasn't shown up.

I second the LinkedIn recommendation - it's a great place to find people from just about any field, and people who have said on there that they're willing to be contacted for business opportunities are usually serious, and will respond.I'd take the time to get a few endorsements from old colleagues / friends before sending out contacts though.