@Tone Church I am a new investor in the area, I would be interested in joining the Newburgh gathering next meeting if possible.

If you want a referral, you need to prove to me you are legitimate and you need to offer some value in return. 

Even legitimate.

@Mike Akerly I would love to join as well to learn and share info.

If you're looking for this then I would also recommend networking for deal flow and/or joining an investor club.If you're not sure where you fall then it could be useful to start looking at deals (without purchasing), learning how to do due diligence and taking your time to figure it out. 

Glad you joined the best real estate investing website!

Recently I was looking to expand my area of investing (my price range is $100-$150k in Pittsburgh and Richmond, which is on the lower end of spectrum but still has legitimate buying power).

Great that you joined the site!

However, I am new to Bigger Pockets and I joined in order to network and learn from others, offer advice to new investors, and to participate in the real estate community as I am looking to grow my portfolio of properties.

For a rental unit which has an additional tenant joining the occupants of the rental unit thereby resulting in an increase in the number of tenants existing at the inception of the tenancy:(a) The landlord may increase the maximum rent or maximum adjusted rent by an amount not to exceed 10% for each additional tenant that joins the occupants of the rental unit, except as follows:  (i) This Subsection shall not apply if the landlord had actual or constructive knowledge of the additional tenant's occupancy of the rental unit for more than 60 days and has failed to notify the tenant of the increase pursuant to this Subsection;  (ii) If the additional tenant joined the occupants of the rental unit prior to the effective date of this amendment and the landlord had actual or constructive knowledge of the additional tenant's occupancy of the rental unit prior to the effective date of this amendment, the landlord shall not be able to increase the rent pursuant to this Subsection unless the landlord had notified the tenant of the increase within 60 days of the effective date of this amendment;  (iii) This Subsection shall not apply for the first minor dependent child (or first minor dependent children of a multiple birth) added to an existing tenancy.