I did some research and found that the landlord registration form for HABC is just a page, so it appears that the process if relatively straightforward.

My wife and I visited San Antonio, TX about a month ago.

Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthereLocate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

I am working w/ a couple GCs to find properties that need remodel/renovtion or groud-up construction.So far it has been difficult to get people on the same page.

It's exactly that.When I see those stunningly low rates, invariably the underwriter can't tell me how many ways Fannie Mae calculates rental income and when each way is applicable, she can't tell me about net loss carryover, if I'm lucky she knows that you add back depreciation, she can't tell me about how to calculate Patronage Income for all the Berkeley-ites that work at worker-owned socialist co-ops, she can't tell me how much you add back for each business mile driven showing up on page 2 of Schedule C of tax returns, she doesn't know how Fannie and Freddie vary for S Corps, has no idea how transfer taxes work in the Bay Area because she is in Narnia, can't tell me anything about the California Association of Realtors Residential Purchase Agreement, et cetera. 

You're both welcome to visit next month.

There are others who have recommended me on BiggerPockets -- just search Shari Peterson in the upper right hand of this web page.

Read Beginner’s Guide: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing,You can also read, books on investing in real estate, listen to thepodcasts (hover the mouse over the “Education” tab on the top of the page, then click on “Podcast”), attend webinarsand stay active on the forums by Setting up keyword alerts to be notified of the topics that interest you: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alerts.

I even write my own very effective 3 page hand written yellow letters...and have done a few for a couple other wholesalers :) I have to say I love everything about REI and writing my own ebooks about topics pertaining to real estate...

Check out this page, you can find local investors that can recommend a meetup group for you https://www.biggerpockets.com/meet You can also post here https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/665-aurora-real-estate-forum for any meetup recommendations.