Take action, and build relationships.

I'd hope you have a mutually trustworthy, transparent relationship with your broker.  

Building relationships is how you will find someone to learn from!

Very eager to build relationships with people in REI so I'm able to achieve that 1st of many goals....MINNESOTA!

Soap Box ONOver time, most activities (e.g. businesses, sports, personal relationships, etc.) where judgement is involved, develop 'rules of thumb', 'short cuts', 'approximations', etc. which allow you to make 'quicker' decisions at the expense of less certainty; they will be wrong some of the time.

If you have a good relationship with your insurance agent, they should be able to give you a pretty accurate estimate on insurance.

Anyway, I will have lots of questions later to run by the experience here on BP but for now, I was wondering if anyone can briefly explain how a typical investor relationship would be structured (how do I entice an investor & what do I offer) and what trait do I need to consult to capture that structure; attorney, accountant, etc.?

You can have good relationships with wholesalers, but every transaction is a negotiation.  

thanks for sharing @Rick H. building the relationships pays off

I have a great relationship with them (done exterior painting and small things for rent deductions) and I believe they would give me a good price.