No monthly fees and he is available for weekend training sessions or meetings.

Zoning would require a little over 30 stalls for the 18 units based on our proposed size and mix.

I am advocating, however, that there is great opportunity for them to be utilized in the real estate space, especially as a means to create counterparties for those who aren't eternally optimistic about the market and to bridge market-stalling bid-ask spreads with the physical asset, which would improve overall liquidity in the market.Your comments highlight the biggest frustration I experience as an alternative asset manager with one foot in finance and the other in real estate: both cultures have a dogmatically limited view on how things are done, which precludes each from dealing with the other in the ways required to pull real estate out of the dark ages.The first step is to educate real estate market participants on finance in general: how to qualify and quantify risk, the mechanics of options, etc.

You will learn and earn while you do it.If you don't want to do that, than consider investing in training. 

I went to a seminar/meeting by Phil Grove and considering his 3 day training, but I would like to meet an actual investor who is active here in the local market.

But, remember, the broker needs to make his/her money somewhere, so if you're not paying commission splits on your transactions, you're probably paying much higher monthly fees.A broker incurs a lot of costs from the agents s/he oversees -- including liability, training overhead, office supplies, paperwork review, continuing education, etc. 

I think the folks who are buying such buildings and condo-izing/flipping are not doing it because of the approval timeframe (could be a year or more) which would stall their entire project. 

You will learn and earn while you do it.If you don't want to do that, than consider investing in training.

@Micah Shelton, unless I missed something, I don't understand Account Closed brought me back to believing I might not have missed the right train after all.

Invest in training.