Find ways to keep in touch with your database systematically.If you get discouraged by someone not being qualified on the first call, your expectations are not aligned with this business. 

It there a large major infrastructure development somewhere?

The discussion broke investing down into seven broad profiles: Deal Maker, Wealth Builder, Lifestyle Investor, Visionary/Developer, Connector, Analytical Strategist, and Mission-Driven Investor.

They interact with what's already there, and those interactions determine whether a catalyst reinforces, accelerates, or gets absorbed by existing market behavior.Full signal assessment with cap rate implications, market-by-market analysis, and catalyst stacking context available here: https://capratesignals.beehiiv.com/p/data-center-microsoft-m...References & Data NotesCorporate disclosures and public announcements from Microsoft regarding U.S. data center investmentState and local economic development releases related to data center sitingMarket research from CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, and JLL for regional contextIndustry reporting from Data Center Dynamics and Data Center Knowledge We are busting out data centers here in central Ohio!

I use a spreadsheet I developed to determine my entry costs, carrying costs, cash flow, tax write offs, appreciation and exit costs.

I’m also looking to connect with more real estate developers and people who are actively doing deals.Are there any real estate investment or business communities you’d recommend that have solid weekly meetups and good people who are actually out here closing deals and growing?

Be very careful of what you buy, sometimes there are lots/parcels that have latent development constraints that are very expensive to overcome, or sometimes they can prove to be a fatal flaw.

Quote from @Gregory McCarthy: We live in a development with no HOA, with approximately 170 lots in the neighborhood.

@Grant Shipman you may want to remove this line, "I've developed, use with all my coliving properties, and teach HPM (household-led property management)" as it appears to be self-promotion.

@Matthew BonaskiAbsolutely, and that perspective aligns perfectly with how real expertise is developed in our industry.