I knew several people who had an undeniably great stretch (probably in that 20% range) until the GR and FC hit them in the face. 

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Throw an LLC together with a few people with $1m each, and buy it, San Francisco isn't short of folks who got lucky with this or that IPO and have the money, most of those tech companies have an unofficial employee-maintained slack/discord channel where they talk about real estate stuff.

Looking to network with like-minded people preferably woman since I don't know many women investors.  

People still mention what they do or how they're involved in RE...

Low returns like pre covid numbers coupled with low price/high headache guests have scared people to sell.

I'm simply offering an alternative viewpoint based on the current market conditions and the heightened competition.It's easy to tell people to put sticky notes on someone's door, but what is the true cost and benefit? 

Is there something I am missing?

@Hannah KarlovichIn my opinion, Requiring permits for things in Fort Worth is like saying - DON'T SPEED OR YOU'LL GET A TICKETDo people speed and not get tickets?

Tell them that you'd like to call through their oldest, worst leads to get comfortable talking with people - can I help with appointment setting?