Its a pleasure to find out about something like Bigger Pockets.

Hello Bigger Pocket's community,      I am always on the lookout of ways that I can network with other, high performance individuals in the real estate business. 

Maybe team up to get something bigger than we can do independently.

I have been attending meet ups, webinars, listening to bigger pockets podcasts and meeting with successful real estate investors and landlords to gain as much knowledge and insight as possible.

I  go to these things to gain a little bit of information if any, but I see no reason to go to the paid ones since I can get the information I need via online like Bigger Pockets. 

While I liked the vibe of the boutique more, I am thinking the larger companies would offer more transaction volume and bigger group of networking opportunities.

I am new to the site, however I have been listening to the Bigger Pockets Podcast for a few months (among a couple of other real estate podcasts).

Just put a bigger down payment and your gap between PITI and rents will widen

I am currently looking at duplexes to start with until I can get enough equity built up to go bigger.  

We find wholesalers through Craigslist, Bigger Pockets, and meetups (I suggest utilizing meetup.com).