I look forward to engaging in this community and increasing the velocity of our money. 

I used to work in restaurants and the amount of work I had to engage in on a typical insanely busy 2 hour lunch shift FAAAR exceeds what I have to do every 2 months. 

@Corey Huston,Sometimes it's better to ignore than to engage - or even acknowledge.

@Elliot Juarez,First, and most importantly, don't engage John.Second, I strongly recommend going to local REI meetings - as many as you can find. 

Some folks/families kind of 'short circuit' this prerequisite by engaging in various forms of nepotism. 

When a tax-exempt entity engages in a trade or business on a regular or repeated basis, it becomes subject to taxation on Unrelated Business Taxable Income (UBTI).  

Some may be confusing an LLC being used to hold a property with a true company that's engaged in a variety of things.  

Reading books, listening to podcasts and engaging conversations about real estate has been my focus for the last 6 months or so. 

For example, find out if there are any outstanding issues or concerns about their homes or any repairs or actions needed.Upon closing, (re)engage with each and start getting them moved over to your system, your lease, your way of collecting rent, your way of reporting maintenance needs, etc...

I felt like at all the seminars were so bad in the FREE info session, that I would never pay them for anything, but probably most of the people there had no clue, so signed up for the next paid session....which I think then turns into a sales pitch for some kind of monthly product and coaching.In my experience these types of investments are very local.