Good Afternoon Andrey,I think you have some solid goals and I'm sure the abundance of information available to you on BP will help tremendously. 

I think Texas is a very tough buy and hold market because of escalating property tax's foundation issues and herd mentality of investors creating demand that would not be their organically.

We have done a tremendous amount of research to date, but are hoping to find some folks who are already succeeding to lend us some wisdom in exchange for shameless food based bribery.We have a solid background in property rehab and estimating and one of us knows a little about the law, but we could really use some advice from those of you who were actually able to stop researching - and start investing.Are there any investor-friendly agents or investing pro's out there who would be willing to set up some time to chat?   

I just joined and am learning a tremendous amount.

I did submit this to the email address mentioned on the BETA warning on July 5th and was told that it would be escalated to the development team.

Sounds like your market is similar to the Northeast, where finding leads and deals takes a tremendous amount of research and work due to all kinds of factors.  

Is your agent familiar with an escalation clause?

Slowing sales, increased inventory in high priced homes, buyer fatigue with escalating prices....

Tremendous potential in Austin.

I have learned a tremendous amount in the last week.