The facebook communities are great for finding people experienced in your local market . in the search bar would just search the words real estate and your city/state 

Does anyone know if it's possible to clear your rental history and hid how many people have viewed/contacted/filled out applications on Zillow? 

You need to enable payments online, the default setting is that people can check into your property without having to pay. 

We are nearing 50 years old and have kids that'll be going to college in 5-10 years, so it's hard to commit to a 30 year plan that locks up funds without having someone to help crunch the numbers for us.

Good people and good company.

Most of your money is in the stuff other people don't want to do.

I've been wanting to begin my real estate journey for quite some time now and am having trouble getting started, I'd love to meet new people on here and build relationships so that we can all learn together!

What will happen to the value of peoples assets?

You need a reason not to make decisions on the spot with people.

It's been my experience that people talk a good game, but get serious alligator arms when it comes time to reach their checkbook.