The general meetings tend to have a good turn out but that will vary based on the announced speaker.NWREII covers metro Portland including S WA.

They have been a pain since their announcement of their breaking the lease.

Two friends rented my apartment a year ago, one announced to me that she is moving out at the end of the lease.

With that said, they tend to announce what it is they are looking for, usually via word of mouth/e-mails/etc..

Amazon is building a large sorting and distribution center, Walmart is building a large warehousing distribution center, Austal received a contract for additional Litoral Battleships, a large federal courthouse is under construction, just had a groundbreaking for a new $50M apartment development, and announced another apartment development.The Downtown commercial district falls inside a loop created by Broad and Bouregard St., which has received a grant to be reconstructed to include bike and pedestrian paths.

That's what Ross Perot says to do to make a billion dollars in real estate.A couple of places I like are.....north of 380 from 35 on the West to 75 on the East all the way to Oklahoma border.Highway 380 area west of Denton to Decatur and East of McKinney to Greenville.My guess is you will also see good growth in Parker and Wise counties....several huge developments already announced.

It was capped at  50% of the properties future value, however, I believe there was an announcement that number was changing. 

The picture is not quite as rosy for industrial properties, as there were no major announcements for the industrial sector in the first half of the year, but rumors of new businesses has many optimistic, according to industrial specialist Chuck Blacher.

Unfortunately, he stopped answering my emails and phone calls until a week later when he announced he had signed contracts with another party who offered more money and quicker closing at end of Feb.

I'm always hesitant to create intro posts on forums, however, since I'm passionate about starting my new chapter in real estate investing and appreciate the wealth of knowledge this site has and will continue to provide, I feel it is beneficial to announce my membership.