@Mahesh Sundaram, you may want to start off going to the local clubs' free events to get connected.  

If you want to find events that are going on in your area be sure to check out the Real Estate Events and Happenings area of BiggerPockets.

We are also looking into attending those RE Commission hearings as I believe there is great value there. 

I know that local hard lenders attend the meetings ( at least the Cleveland ones).

I generally attend the Tyson's one, but i think they have one in Greenbelt as well. 

Find a few to attend regularly.

welcome to bp @Eric Haasyou will need some money  to get started for marketing and closing coststhe good news is not muchstart networking and attending your local rei group meetups good luck 

I've seen quite a few Real Estate investing groups, but have yet to attend any.

Then attend some REIA meetings in your area.  

For a studio vacancy that came up in September, I rented to an immigrant family of 3 with good credit but marginal income who is downsizing so their daughter can attend college rather a single professional.Not sure this is the optimal approach for me, but it's the best I've considered so far.