You’re on the right path, and if you stay consistent, you’ll be dangerous in the best way.Keep flipping—and keep thinking like a chess player.

Also, because deals are so hard to find most bigger players, buy wholesale, flip and then sell retail (that's what my business partner and I are doing). 

Anyone who has a lot of experience in that market should already know the other players and offer recommendations.

But don’t let another player take your chips.

Tomorrow morning, I have a coffee date with someone I truly respect—a broker-owner and major player in the real estate space.

Quote from @Paul Novak: Hey Zoe good to meet you. 

I think it’s worthwhile for me As an investor who started cold calling in the Milwaukee market (im virtual I’m in Cleveland) cold calling to other investors and agents in the market helped me learn the prices and neighborhoods and some of the players in the market.

whole section here on BP about note investing: Real Estate Tax Lien & Note Investing Forum | BiggerPocketsDefinitely recommend reviewing it as it will also tell you who some of the players are in teh space and who to avoid like the plague.

I don't go to any of these events personally its seems like its a circuit and you have basically all the same players on stage as experts I don't know how much anyone can get out of these events ( i have spoke at many in years past so i know you can only gloss over stuff).

That’s exactly the kind of internal change that sets real players apart.For me, after decades in the game, the shift came when I realized I was treating real estate like a hustle—not a business.