I guess they wanted the glory without the grind.By the way, Keller Williams had Baylor University do a study and they found that if you make random calls into a selected area, after 12 hours of calls, give or take, you get a deal.

I have done that already, and in short I came to following high level findings.Positive impact on appreciation: -area was historically undesirable due to association with “East Austin” demographic stereotype, but that his changed rapidly in last 10 years due to proximity to downtown, universities, corporations moving in, redevelopment of parks/recreations etc.

It will be as warm as you can get.Best!

https://kinder.rice.edu/kinder-houston-area-surveyGreat study by Rice University.

I received some amazing feedback in another discussion I started here:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/432/topics/584285All the advice I received was great and I'd like to give a warm thanks to everyone who responded.So as a follow-up, I just thought I'd post a more direct question with actual figures.

To find buyers @Klubo Adams here are 2 meetups from both of these groups coming up: https://www.meetup.com/Sacramentos-Real-Estate-Clu...https://norcalreia.com/Both are in Sacramento.Depending on the speaker, if it interest(s) me I usually attend.And a warm "belated" welcome..

Four-bed, three-bath ranch-style home in the Willowbend area of Houston (zip code 77035).  Has been on the market for about four months, so we're getting a little anxious.  List price just lowered $359,500.  Rent curr...

Jump on in the water is warm!!

If someone is not even in the same universe as what you are willing to offer then don't worry, there will be other deals. 

Thanks for the warm welcome.