All Forum Posts by: Mike Walker

Denice:

Actually there is a very well attended REIA Mastermind meeting held every Thursday at Big Daddies (9070 Research Blvd) @ 11:30 AM. If you're in town, I recommend you attend. It a great group of experienced investors, both friendly and saavy, who are well networked in Austin:

http://www.meetup.com/REALESTATEinvestormasterminds/

Another BP member and I recently organized an unofficial BP meet up the second Wednesday of the month at Starbucks in Randalls grocery story (3300 Bee Caves Rd) @ 10 AM. About ten of us showed up. The next meeting is Feb 12.

There are several other monthly meet ups, including:

http://www.meetup.com/Central-Texas-Real-Estate-Investors/

http://www.meetup.com/Austin-Real-Estate-Investor-Networking/

As Scott mentioned, Phil & Shenoah Groves founded RENC and several other meet ups that are well established:

http://www.meetup.com/AustinRENC/ (or) http://www.austinrenc.com/

You'll find a lot of rehab activity going on in the 78702, 04 & 57 zips. As you get close to downtown, prices shoot up and good deals on older properties become harder to find. The city is also experiencing a very high occupancy rate on rentals. Last summer, I heard one realtor mention that it was at 98%.

Depending on your goals, you may find it easier to locate better deals on properties further from downtown (north, east and south). West tends to be pricey. New construction, spec building and pop tops are the trend closer to downtown. Duplexes are in high demand. See Jon Klaus' example:

http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/44/topics/112955-new-austin-duplex

Hope you have a great visit to Austin. It's a super town with lots happening. Let me know if you have specific investment goals and I can try to connect you with those here who may be able to assist.

Scott:

Welcome to BP. It is a great resource.

There's an unofficial BP meet up the second Wednesday of the month, held at the Starbucks inside Randalls @ 3300 Bee Caves Rd, 10 AM. The next meeting will be Feb 12.

Come join us and meet some of Austin's BP members!

Richard,

What kind of rehab help are you looking for?

BTW, if you're in town on the second Wednesday of the month, we have an unofficial BP meet up at the Starbucks inside the Randall's grocery store, 330 Bee Caves Road. It starts at 10 AM.

There's also an REI Mastermind group that meets every Thursday at 11:30 at Big Daddies. Both are good. The Mastermind group is very established and well attended by area investors.

Manzur:

Glad you found your way to Austin.

We'll have our second BP meetup next month, Feb 12 @ 10 AM. We meet at the Starbucks inside Randall's @ 3300 Bee Caves Road. Join us, if you can.

Kristi:

Come to our second BP meeting/meetup next month (2/12/14) at 10 AM, Starbucks in the Randall's @ 3300 Bee Caves Road. You'll not only be able to interact with other investors, but you can ask questions from the local Austin BP investors that attend and gain valuable contacts for networking here in Austin.

There are also other REIA meetings held here in town, if our second Wednesday 10 AM conflicts with your schedule. Area REIA attendance should be high on the agenda of all new investors.

Mike

Here's a pic from our first BP meetup yesterday.

It was a great meeting. Lots of in-depth discussion about REI in the Austin MSA. Definitely looking forward to next month's meeting. I'm inserting a pic I took, once everyone arrived. Spread the word to your Austin BP colleagues about next month's meeting on 2/12/14

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Beau:

A new unofficial BiggerPockets monthly meetup starts this coming Wednesday (1/8) in SW Austin. We'll meet the second Wednesday of each month @ 10 AM. The location is Starbucks in the Randall's at 3300 Bee Caves Road. Come join us!

We'll do our best to fill the place with BP coffee fans on the south side!

David:

There's a new unofficial "second Wednesday" BP Meetup in SW Austin starting on Jan 8 @10 AM. Check this post out:

http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/86/topics/110944-south-austin-meet-up

Mike