You may meet your future spouse in college and what a disaster that would be to miss out on that.

Hey @Adam Crocker, if you're interested in meeting local Birmingham investors.  

Depending on how many board meetings you have, it shouldn't take more than 1 year.

Be sure to plug into your local BP community through meet ups and investment groups.Happy Investing, Fernanda!!

If you are new to real estate you might want to attend some meetings before jumping in.

I'm meeting with another real estate agent this weekend for a second opinion.

Ruth Bayang I'll get some numbers after I meet with them.

We even had them at our MassRealEstate dot net meetings but they got bought out and well... you may want to use someone else...

Through the CRE you can engage a buyers broker to find properties that meet the criteria suggested by the CRE.I know my advice is unconventional in today's instantaneous knowledge, instant satisfaction, guru worship environment.  

I'm sure you've heard already but i wanted to share that the easiest way to track down a mentor is by attending the monthly meetings that are in your area.