From my perspective ( I am no expert) prices have risen substantially over the past 7 years (as everywhere) and it is difficult to find properties that meet good cash flow criteria at the moment. 

Hello,My partner and I are in the market for mid size to large apartment buildings and we are hoping to meet up or chat with some local multi-family property managers.  

memphisinvestorsgroup.com  This is the only local club in the area but there are several smaller sub groups that meet that are sponsored by this club.

I'm in a career where I constantly meet all kinds of people and the encounters I have with people involved with real estate are always the most inspiring.

And check out the Arizona RE group at http://azreia.orgThere you can meet local investors who might know more about the local market.

Do you have information for a local club for the inland empire and a meet up?

My wife is an architect and we have private investment capital available, but we don't have that much experience in the CA market so we'd like to meet people involved in new construction (passive house), add value projects, as well as re-entitlement and fix and flips.  

I am excited to be apart of such a great community and hope to continually learn from all of the BP industry professionals.As of now, I am in the learning/networking stage of all things real estate and hope to meet a few mentors who can guide me with real world experiences.

While most Net Zero buildings are energy efficient, perhaps even highly so in comparison to minimum building code requirements, there is nothing requiring them to anywhere new the efficiency level of a Passivhaus   .... this is why you will see odd things like warehouses with large rooftop solar installations being able to claim Net Zero.On the other hand, Passivhaus sets three metrics which a building must meet to be certified as Passivhaus compliant:  The building must have a heating and cooling demand of not more than 15 kWh/m2 (4,755 BTU/sq ft; 5.017 MJ/sq ft) per year  and a peak heat load of 10 W/m2.Total primary energy consumption (energy for heating, hot water and electricity) must not be more than 120 kWh/m2 (38,040 BTU/sq ft; 40.13 MJ/sq ft) per yearThe building must not leak more air than 0.6 times the house volume per hour (n50 ≤ 0.6 / hour) at 50 Pa (0.0073 psi) as tested by a blower door.Ironically, the research and pilot projects which fuelled what eventually became the Passivhaus standard was carried out in Saskatchewan as a National Research Council (NRC) project in the 1970s (the house is still in use today) and a similar project (Minnesota?)

@Zach Jacob I would reach out to @Joe Fairless for an invite to the local investor meet up held each month if you are interested in networking and learning more in person.