Im not active on Facebook and never have joined meet-ups but I am totally open to it. do you have a platform you use to finds such groups?

This is a gamble versus the next hurricane or flood. 

As COVID restrictions are being lifted, there's definitely more opportunities for you to meet other investors in the market, you can find the events on the BP page and other Meetup.com platforms.

I recently bought a Property Radar subscription and have been learning my way around the platform and building a couple lists of properties.

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We almost signed up for this, and Daniel summers was pushing hard for us to pay a year in advance before we...

Agree with your POV Collin however, it many cases you’ll be trading Airbnb/VRBO platform fees for Google/Facebook CPC/ROAS marketing fees. 

Pro Tip: No matter how many platforms you post on, direct everyone back to one link (say Indeed) so all your candidates are in one place.

The projects included creation of an RRP instructional video, to be posted on the company’s website and blog, and linked to its social media platforms, thereby reaching a large audience of potential future home renovators.

Great online platform, cheap, easy to follow, and makes learning the matetrial enjoyable with their conceptual videos.

However, to work with top notch people, My suggestions :Get reviews and recommendations from people on this platform for what you looking for.