Look around this site and read the main blog articles, listen to the Podcasts (Both under the "Learn" tab at the top of the screen) and be active in the forums and you will be able to get a pretty quick education on whatever niche you want to get into.It is also good to get out and meet other local investors at some of the many investor events we have throughout the month.

I am an active investor and like to partner with architects and builders.

There is a very active investor community in Baltimore.

With that being said, my loose plan for this year is to save what we can and start actively looking fall/winter.

Thanks in advance for the help BP has a very active community.

Kevin,I am an active mortgage broker for single family homes, investment and commercial properties, and refinances located out of Central Texas.  

The whole business structure and idea of getting paid to find RE deals is an underground activity in most eyes looking upon your activity.

After scrubbing my lists further for non sales, actives, and expired's in my criteria of pre foreclosed single family homes, I'm only pulling 10-15 names tops per zip code (already scrubbed Santee & 2 zips from El Cajon in 2 days).

In the mean time I’m putting bread, actually more like takeout, on the table as a site analyst for an online clothing retailer.I’m looking forward to being an active member of this community and hopefully making some meaningful business and personal connections.

Regarding finding a buyer, it's best to start and locate folks who are actively buying in that particular area.