He asked me to help find out what questions folks have on building and permitting an ADU, and since I love the Bigger Pockets community and know that folks here people are engaged in resource-sharing, I put the question here.

Looking forward to engaging with the community more in this journey.

Many of the articles paint Blackrock and other similar firms as evil for buying homes and robbing individuals of the opportunity for wealth creation, but if private equity funds are buying and renting homes, they are engaging in similar behavior to many individual landlords, just at larger scale. 

My agent has been engaging the seller agent trying to get the release back.

But that doesn't mean you can't learn along side someone else ; ) Best of luck to you!

I’m looking forward to being successful in this business, I’ve made many connections through networking with contractors, investors & even work alongside a realtor.

(engaging with people with the same interest and all that) Thank you in advance for people who will comment here! 

What are some ways people have engaged with investors to garner advice and lessons?

Just to name a few items (The list is much, much longer lol).Also, after engaging on a few properties over the past month or so, obtaining information from selling teams has been like pulling teeth...

We are both handy (and hire out projects we aren't qualified to do) but are ready to spend a little more and have this piece completely handled.We shopped around property management companies, but all of them seem to have more services than we want - we really enjoy the part of the business centered around locating tenants and fixing up properties (initially and after a vacancy), since part of the reason we do this is to engage with the community and provide more affordable stable housing options to those who don't always get the best treatment from landlords.