Here's what I do:- BiggerPockets -- Real Estate Investing networking & connections- Twitter -- connect with people and companies of all shapes and sizes & interests- Facebook -- connect with friends and colleagues- LinkedIn -- connect with people I know exclusively- G+ - connect with people who I find interestingI've tried FB & LinkedIn groups for connecting and I've found them to be mostly a spammer's paradise.Otherwise, I connect with bloggers on their article's comments and with them in the above mentioned networks.

Look at grasshopper.comIt is a professional message service that is about $10 a month.

I'm also very active in church ministry, a freelance professional photographer, pilot in training and eager to get on with RE investing.

Bc it would my first should I leave it to professional lol

:)Not at all professional sounding, but we haven't outgrown it yet...

I would also get estimates to have your roof cleaned before the hearing, and use the cleaning as a bargaining tool, "Would you allow me to have it professionally cleaned as an alternative to replacement?"

Its a carefully balance system that can change over time and easily corrected by a professional.

Then, go out and get a professional inspector to give you all the dirt on the house.

Competing for grants and other monies from foundations and the govt is a whole 'nuther level that requires ongoing efforts by professionals in the grant writing field.The B Corp appears to me as a feel good pseudo entity at this point.

If you mean protection for general liability (tenants, visitors, slip & falls), just grab an umbrella policy (~250/yr for 1mil covering ~5 properties, about 100 for each increment mils), simplest thing you can do and beats the couple thousand in fees a professional will charge you.If you want or need to do tax sheltering strategies or optimize estate distributions etc, then definitely go for a qualified accountant or attorney.