Over the last 6-7 years, Austin has posted consistent job growth (3-4% TTM job growth is some of the best in the nation), outstanding population in-migration (I've read something like 150 people a day are moving to Austin), good civic leadership, a very aggressive economic development corporation here which is actively recruiting companies here (see the RECA site and Opportunity Austin 3.0 for more details via the Austin Chamber of Commerce), and some excellent structural advantages (i.e. flagship UT 50,000 + students, temperate climate, relatively low cost of living, music culture, etc.).  

Again, "the people" made this mess because "the people" keep choosing a person for office based on there hair, how good they talk, what they look like, they put a person into a very important administrative leadership role who has no qualifications for the job, no real capability to do good things, are we supposed to be surprised by bad outcomes?     

There have been so many times where I've conferred with others to help solve an issue.

We plan on attending the WLA winter conference Dec 7th, so maybe we'll see some of you there.

All you have to do is find a group of 3 or 4 others who are doing the same thing you're trying to do - and do a bi-monthly conference call to follow up and see what each other are doing.

I became interested in real estate after attending a weekend conference.

I propose a Thursday night or Saturday am, we could meet the Parker library, I can also look into an office space w / conference room off of Main st.

Find syndication conferences you can attend to learn as much as you can in 2-3 days.

However, I guess a leading technology company should be able to maintain secure long distance communications, conference calls etcIt could change the current landscape of real estate prices, and also alter the prices for office space.

You could also do presentations about how awesome it is to invest in apartments at a conference room, library, etc in your community.