SETX (Southeast Texas-Southwest Louisiana) Networking

[Josh Autery]

Tagging a few 'colleagues' (some near, some not so near) to see if anyone is interested in a really informal REI coffee or something.... I see that there are a few of us in the area, some much more seasoned than others, and thought I might as well suggest some sort of meetup in the midcounty area.

@Daniel Michalik @Jad Allen @Bradley Benski @Jeremiah Gentz @Jordan Grindle @Leslie A. @Jay S. 

(Also anyone else in southeast Texas, nederland, beaumont, port arthur, port neches, groves, bridge city, orange, winnie, and surrounding areas.)

[Jad Allen]

Josh depending on the timing I would be willing to do a meet up.  

 In reality there is already a local group of investors who loosely stay in contact with each other.  Mostly phone calls and the such.  For the most part we know or know of each other.   

Even though the area is not large it seems that each area has their own group of established investors.  The groupings seem to be Mid county, Pa, North/South Beaumont, West Beaumont, Hardin County, Vidor, Orange, BC and Pa.  

From my experience there has not been a lot of cross mingling.  Most local investors tend to pick just one area.  For example I know of one investor who only works in Groves.  I also know a couple like this in Orange and Bridge City.  Very few will own or operate in Beaumont and Port Arthur.

Several years back a few us would try to meet every so often.  However, as everyone was busy eventually the meetings died off.  Really the meetings were just reasons to hang out for an hour or two.

Oh, I should also mention that most of the investors I know are landlords or house flippers.