Give speeches - Go to the Chamber of Commerce, Lions, Rotary, get the word out.

Natalie Cofield, President & CEO, Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce, also said she has dealt with the same trends in DC, LA, NYC, pointing out that Austin's not alone in rising property values in what were once predominantly minority neighborhoods.

@Keela Chambers,I would ask for specific details about their education and experience.Then I would get more specific by finding out their area of real estate expertise.

See http://www.newspapers.com/ to search for newspapers by area and content.Chamber of CommerceCall the President of the Chamber.

I found an excellent regional economic development site. http://www.columbiaredi.com/ This group offers a business resource guide which lists the local realtor board Columbia Board of Realtors, angel investor network and chamber.

The following are typical characteristics of this cycle: [Buyers market phase II] * Single family homes prices first rises * Market demand absorbing oversupply of the properties *Job growth is increasing in area: Please look at www.bls.gov, call Chamber of commerce in the areas to find out which big corporations moving in to areas of interest. * Migration started happening from out of town people * Price appreciations in the area slowly * Rents in those areas slowly increase, after being stagnant for couple years *Demand for housing starts increasing in the area *Time duration for the property to stay on market decreasing slowly * Very little speculations *Existing properties in the areas start getting rehabbed *Number of foreclosures started decreasing Note: In my knowledge, David Lindahl was the first one to recognize Emerging market cycles and genuine person to follow.

I will check out ChattaREIA as well as the chamber of commerce.

Asking price is $120k for everything, but the woman at the chamber of commerce told me that the owners recently moved out of town and don't want to manage it long distance and are willing to come down to around $100k.With the three current tenants, gross annual rents are $17,000.

I'd start with the chamber of commerce.

@Don Chambers ,read my thread lesson learned in court, lots of good info there also look at the GA landlord tenant handbook.http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/117209