I've had two people who I connected with but after our first meeting both told me how they disliked real estate as a holding. 

Attend your local REIA meetings and network with people there. 

@Sam Besong imma suggest.....keep working your network.......meet new wholesalers......try to be a value add some way to another investor.......itll come back.....also try to think outside of the box as well and remain consistent......same stuff happened to me...

I’ll be in Nashville November 23-25th and would love to meet up with someone that could show me some of what they’re working on and just the ins and outs of Nashville.

I’m going to be traveling to Nashville Tennessee November 23-25th and would love to meet up with some members who have experience with Airbnb’s and VRBO’s in the area.

Review title commitment and survey to make sure to deed restriction and/or HOA in place that would stop you from doing 4 plex2) Meet up with City/County planning office to make sure 4 plex can be build and lot has enough parking spot . 3) Talk to an architect to get an initial foot print, layout and foundation type (i.e. pier beam or post tension slab) 4) Bid out to get estimate for both soft cost (survey + construction drawings + Permit) and hard cost (cost of building)  Without #3 you really cant get hard estimate Problem is that you may not enough time to hash out #2-4.. prior to closing the land .. 

I have been going to local meet ups and have partnered with my grandfather who has been doing REI for a long time!

Nice to meet you. 

I've reached out to some friends that are agents, they meet up with me to teach me some of the basics of real estate, and give me some friendly advice, but that's about it.

Figure out your goals first, then if getting your real estate license fits your goals, get them then.I host a real estate meet up in Kannapolis the first Tuesday of every month.