CALLING ALL BATON ROUGE MEMBERS OF THE RING

I would to like get acquainted to the members of the REI club I recently joined. Maybe grab lunch and talk real estate. I've always been more of a hands on learner. I excel better with hands on methods and 1 on 1 teaching. I've never excelled at learning from books and just reading. I've tried applying myself endlessly, morning, day and night but still don't know where to begin. I've listened to podcasts, I read the forums daily, but for some reason I still can't seem to find my niche or footing. My goal is to be successful at REI so I can eventually work for myself and I don't expect any handouts, pity or anything to be given. Just asking for some genuine help and guidance from anyone willing to help. Also I would like to express my appreciation to everyone on BP who has chipped in on getting me this far. :)