{"id":137605,"date":"2021-04-30T10:30:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T16:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/?post_type=path-to-purchase&#038;p=137605"},"modified":"2021-07-23T11:59:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T17:59:49","slug":"networking","status":"publish","type":"path-to-purchase","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/learn\/networking","title":{"rendered":"Networking in Real Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden my-20\" x-data=\"{activeTab: 1}\" id=\"education\">\n  \n  <!-- Heading Label -->\n      <p class=\"text-slate opacity-60 mb-0 text-center font-bold uppercase text-md\">Education<\/p>\n      \n  <!-- Heading -->\n      <h2 class=\"js-toc-ignore mt-0 text-center text-slate font-bold\">Learn the basics\u00a0<\/h2>\n    <!-- Tabs -->\n      <div class=\"tabs flex justify-center space-x-3 relative z-20 mb-12\">\n          <button \n        x-on:click=\"activeTab = 1, \n        window.analytics.track('PTP resource tab clicked', {\n          referrer: 'https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/learn\/networking',\n          tabName: 'Blogs'\n        });\" \n        x-bind:class=\"{'bg-slate bg-opacity-10': activeTab == 1}\" \n        class=\"text-slate border-none px-4 py-2 font-semibold hover:bg-slate hover:bg-opacity-10\">\n        Blogs      <\/button>\n              <button \n        x-on:click=\"activeTab = 2, \n        window.analytics.track('PTP resource tab clicked', {\n          referrer: 'https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/learn\/networking',\n          tabName: 'Podcasts'\n        });\" \n        x-bind:class=\"{'bg-slate bg-opacity-10': activeTab == 2}\" \n        class=\"text-slate border-none px-4 py-2 font-semibold hover:bg-slate hover:bg-opacity-10\">\n        Podcasts      <\/button>\n              <button \n        x-on:click=\"activeTab = 3, \n        window.analytics.track('PTP resource tab clicked', {\n          referrer: 'https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/learn\/networking',\n          tabName: 'Videos'\n        });\" \n        x-bind:class=\"{'bg-slate bg-opacity-10': activeTab == 3}\" \n        class=\"text-slate border-none px-4 py-2 font-semibold hover:bg-slate hover:bg-opacity-10\">\n        Videos      <\/button>\n            <\/div>\n  \n  <!-- Tabbed Content -->\n      <div class=\"full-width relative\">\n      <div class=\"md:bg-themeBlue-veryLight md:py-12 mt-12 max-w-screen-lg mx-auto rounded-md md:relative px-4 lg:px-8\">\n                  \n          <div\n            x-bind:class=\"{'relative ': activeTab == 1, 'absolute  opacity-0': activeTab != 1}\"\n            class=\"space-y-8 flex flex-col items-start justify-center mx-auto max-w-screen-sm md:space-y-0 md:flex-row md:flex-wrap md:justify-start  resource-hub-container\">\n            \n            \n<article \n\tid=\"post-120002\" \n\tclass=\"content-card mb-0 flex flex-col  post-120002 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-personal-development\">\n\n\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\t\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Image -->\n        \t\t\t<a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/how-to-network-like-a-pro-even-if-youre-an-introvert\" target=\"_blank\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/how-to-network-like-a-pro-even-if-youre-an-introvert-560x380.jpg\" class=\"size-card w-full  m-0 aspect-[68\/45] object-scale-down wp-post-image\" alt=\"How to Network Like a Pro (Even If You&#8217;re an Introvert!)\" title=\"\">\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t        \n\n\t\t<!-- Content Wrapper -->\n\t\t<div class=\"py-4 \">\t\n                            <div class=\"flex gap-4 justify-between items-center\">\n                    <!-- Category  -->\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/category\/managing-scaling\/personal-development\" class=\"transition-colors bg-themeBlue\/20 text-themeBlue-medium hover:bg-themeBlue hover:text-white px-2 py-1 mb-2 inline-block rounded-sm no-underline text-sm\" target=\"_blank\">Personal Development &amp; 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