You can meet people doing the things you want to do. you can meet people who may become people you do business with. 

Also looking to potentially go to some REI meetups or clubs to start meeting folks in person and hopefully get some mentorship, so any comms on that would also be real helpful. 

It also has a meeting hall with seating for 80+ people where many AA meetings are held daily.

I can see it sounds like an auction but just verifying.I know that I've received advice about contacting the "underwriter", but I can't verify the integrity of that advice, so it's very possible it is bad advice or they were using the wrong term when telling me.Yep, bought the property at HOA foreclosure auction.

I'm connected with a group in Indianapolis that meets monthly. 

Meeting material participation rules is also huge, dont miss out on QIP tax savings for STRs, and a good CPA can guide you through all of that.Planning improvements or new furnishings strategically can impact which tax year you claim deductions in and help you reinvest more effectively.On another note, Tennessee is a great state for STR investing.

Using a local bank + bus credit card is effective.questions to ask are, what are min balance requirements, what is the fee schedule, how good is the online banking, does it cost anything to use online bill pay, does it integrate with QuickBooks (or your accounting software), etcChase is great, I use them for my bookkeeping business.

(for that one year)I also have coded xero integrations end to end at the code level.

There is various meet ups/groups there including by location (for example as relates to me there is a San Diego RE investor lunch meet up planned) or by RE discipline.  

If you have any sources or know any places to meet investors, please drop them below.