There are a few people who know that market well and we engage them when challenges arise. 

I've begun to assemble my investment team power players while prospecting and locating two potential buyers before I've located the property!

Check into your local REI meetings, your local property management companies, find out who the big players are.  

For years, I’ve been dabbing- gaining knowledge and information, but now I’m looking to become a serious player.

EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSURE REQUIREMENT Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, nothing contained in this subpart shall be construed to apply to: (1) Receivers, referees, administrators, executors, guardians, conservators, trustees, or other persons appointed or acting under the judgment or order of any court while acting in that capacity, or attorneys-at-law in the ordinary practice of their profession, but these persons shall not be regularly engaged in the real estate business and shall not hold themselves out as real estate brokers, salespersons or property managers;http://www.asisvcs.com/publications/pdf/660909.pdf 

It will keep you engaged in valuable discussions, while you're getting plugged in.5.

Know the players in the market, know the comps, know the cap rates, know the GRMs, know when a property hits the market, goes pending and closes.

It will keep you engaged in valuable discussions, while you're getting plugged in.5.

It will keep you engaged in valuable discussions, while you're getting plugged in.5.

You could be involved in one large transaction, perhaps a minor role with a major player, that catapults your business, did that major player allow you to play since you are in the business and have holdings with experience?