Here are some recommendations for you:Find and connect with other BP members that are in your area: http://www.biggerpockets.com/meetSet up keyword alerts to be notified of the topics that interest you: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alertsRead Beginner’s Guide: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investingCheck out BP Podcasts: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/category/podcast/If you wish to tag someone in the conversation on the forum, type @ followed by their name and then select the name of that person which should appear below the comments box.

So far I listened to over 50+ hours of podcast and ready to explore the forums!

Hi,I have been a passive reader in this forum so far.

Hi Eugene,As a Philadelphia area based investor, I'd like to say welcome to the BP forums!

I'm so excited to have finally filled out my first draft of my profile and I'm ready to dive into the forums.

See this thread: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/834/topics/45... especially the reply from Shawn Devoid.

Maybe someone else in this forum can learn from my mistake.

Basically what I'm imagining is the Marketplace Properties for Sale page here on BP but instead of just forum posts with all the details in text content and images, a database with all of the fields searchable, and then you could do things like apply the BP calculators against the numbers on the properties so you could easily pull up and compare key metrics like cap rate, COC return, etc.

https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/552319-boston-multifamily-investor-meetup

., but at this point I mostly want to keep digging and trying to meet and talk to people in the area (or here on the forums) that have been there, done that.