New investor from Dallas TX area

[Chris Hill]

Hey everyone!

I'm Chris and I'm a complete newcomer to real estate investing and found this website by, you guessed it, Googling for beginners REI resources which lead me to the UBG.

I'm in the process right now of relocating to DFW from just a couple hours south of the metro. Although I co-own and manage a Texas based website / web software design business and have been an entrepreneur for 20 years, I have a long-standing goal of growing an REI business.

I'm in the process of determining what type of REI to get into, but hold and rent SFHs or MFHs really appeal to me - multi-family more than SFH. I'm ruling nothing out as I learn though...

At the moment that's my focus - I am learning, learning, learning. I'm reading the forums, listening to the podcasts every moment I get, reading REI & related books (just wrapped up Rich Dad / Poor Dad and am deep into Getting Things Done). I'm also preparing to build out my team (lawyer, CPA, contractors etc), and preparing to setup our structures and processes.

My next steps are to find a real estate investment club/group in the Dallas / Fort Worth area so I can get some experience on the ground as I'm not yet familiar enough with the area.  I expect I'll be spending a ton of time driving around too just to get a feel for the area.

So that's me!  My first question to everyone - can you recommend a real estate investing group / meetup in the DFW area?

Great to 'meet' you all! :)