@Annchen Knodt I’ve been to BRIC before felt kinda awkward being the youngest and least experienced there at first but I am a member and attend their monthly meeting when I can.

Recently, I attended a local REIA meeting and met a fellow investor who stated he is selling one of his three properties to pursue a construction project.The house looks great and has a tenant in place paying $1500/month until the contract ends in October.The owner has the property market below market value because he is not involving a realtor to sell it.

I am new to BP, and I would really like to attend some meet-ups, as well.

Since you are attending REIA, you might want to ask the local investors what marketing strategy is giving them good results.

BiggerPockets is definitely the BEST place to start, learn, and begin connecting.Have you attended any Meetups in your area?

I am thinking about a fairly last second trip across country to attend the Intelligent Investors Real Estate Conference 2020 in L.A. - https://www.intelligentinvesto...Since it's going to cost an arm and a leg when you include travel and hotels, I wanted to find out if anyone has been to it previously and, if so, was it worth it?

There are a lot of good meet ups and real estate investor events that you might attend, depending on your schedule.

But, I know this all takes a lot of time and I want to make sure that I really understand the market and everything investing encompasses.I am trying to learn all that I can through books, podcasts, youtube videos, my own searchers, talking to people in the industry and attending seminars, but I am still new to this world.What thoughts do you guys have?

Anyone in the central NJ vicinity know of a good meet up to attend?

@Greg DickersonI see, I understand the basics of wholesaling already and will be attending some events and I'm in the process of obtaining my license.