But, the more posts you have the better others can judge your knowledge and experience, which becomes obvious over time, it all comers out in the wash.

My children are older (twenties - and I'm a late comer to REI so didn't teach them as they were growing-up), but as they start their careers and are thinking about housing, the opportunity to talk to them about buying something they can rent out to others while living there, versus renting is an ongoing conversation ever time they give me leash.Kudos to you for starting while your daughter is young!  

Quote from @Johnna Comer: We are currently using Commercial Empire Deal Flow to create our lists, and Lead Sherpa's skip tracing service for skip tracing.

There are a combination of experienced and new comers looking to connect with each other and ask questions all involving real estate.

Would recommend focusing on up and comers like Irvington, Bean Creek, etc.

Faster closings (documents already in system), better rates (trust is built, experience is documented), and negotiation rights (we trust you, we know you're good for your money so we are willing to give you more leverage than a new comer)Hope this helps!

I feel @Jay Hinrichs comments were warranted because they tell us new comers to the industry what not to do.  

Yes that's a trend of new comers coming down to Bigger Pockets and learning information. 

In fact they seem to layoff alittleThere is job growth but most of them is in Healthcare where most jobs pay less than $50KInstead of all these negative factors, Houston population is still going up but I am not seeing the purchasing power in new comers. 10 years ago new comers were to be employed in oil and gas with higher than average salaries.

So, its not an easy place for new comers to start.