@BrandonCarlson most is considered LA County but organized by "communities" or "neighborhoods" so not actually a "city".Some include parts of Willowbrook, Gardena, Carson, Lomita, Inglewood, and plenty of others.

Building up your network and resources will be crucial to being able to successfully vet areas and find the right property for the investment strategy that you're looking into.Local realtors will have access to contractors, property managers, will be able to run comps and assist with financing options.

I'm an agent that has bought all of my investment properties off-market and in doing so I expected to be buying at a discount well below the 3% it would have cost to have an agent, I think it is typical for someone to try to get a discount on FSBO properties.Also, even if you are THE BEST, most organized FSBO seller, as buying agents, we don't typically have a positive experience when working with most FSBO sellers. 

As far as education, learning to find the deals and analyzing them is crucial.

I help organize a BP meetup for Madison area investors.

I plan to keep acquiring more properties and would like to get more organized with my numbers for each property to help me analyze actual performance monthly and annually. 

In an area that supports two military bases, I have found this to be crucial.

I run a local REI club in Milwaukee and we have an event once a year where we bring as many lenders in and they let us know what their best investor products are for the year---details for the 2021 Show Me The Money event will be posted in Bigger Pockets once it's organized.

Apparently, organizations who take deposit, i.e. banks, have much regulations placed on them somehow. 

@Duane Alexander Did you ever choose one of the organizations to join.