I've never heard of a "Real Estate Institute of Rhode Island" but I can say there are multiple organizations (including many brokerages) which will give you the pre-license classes.

@Jimmy Dang I organize it here, but I am sure there are some BP members who organize one up there too.  

HiThis is to create a list of us Isreali US investors so we can create an organized independent network group and organize events, share experiences.Please post here to know you are interested, saying what your level of experience is in the US, what is your next goal and what are you needing to getting to it.Ariel.

Warren, check Meetup.com and you will see tons of groups, REIA's and other organizations that are local to your area.

I understand @Tim Spires' concerns about costs to get your site seen, but I think it's possible to do some up front marketing and hire a good SEO manager, and after a few months or a year, you might have enough organic search SEO power that you show up when people search.My concern is in the future and based on no evidence....that said, I wonder whether anyone will be Googling for STRs or VRs in 10 years.

If one of the city organizations own it (PHA, RDA).

My point being the level of separation between you and your tenants and that the handyman must be organized by you...keeping you from focusing on finding your next investment. 

@Glenn Schworm runs the show and is a wealth of information and runs a great organization. 

It was shocking how many people were lining up with their credit cards to plop down $40k (though I suspect several may have been plants).I love the book, but hate what the organization has become!

I cannot directly help but I think there is a way on BiggerPockets to find out about investing organizations and site locations.