@Nathan BrooksIn my experience, connecting with like-minded investors in Richmond can be done by joining local groups like the Richmond Real Estate Investors Group (REIG) and checking out BiggerPockets Local Forums.

I liked my conversation with Realty One Group (Corona office) and wondered if anyone had any recent experience with that group that they could share.

There is a great group of members on here to connect with.

@Grayson Chao look up WAREI on Facebook as that is a big active group of local investors and a number of meetups get advertised there. 

The second place I would tell you about is to try some local real estate meetup groups.

With finding more STR deals, have you looked into Facebook groups?

Hey Sean welcome to the group!  

@Phillip Austin For listing the rentals, Zillow doesn't allow roommate style rentals, so you can't use that for listings.I use Facebook Marketplace, and all the sub groups (ie.

Hey Shawn - Highly suggest going to local meetups and joining investing groups on FB to build your local network.

I saw someone post in a group who I think is a schmuck brag about hitting a specific figure for their training and I just shook my head - like wow - this person is a great sales person and just steals the same lines from the business book about working hard and throwing out some slick slogans - but man oh man - when real estate gets hard people move to being a guru - just look at FB ads right now - many are not funds anymore but how to raise money, how to do X.