Some of the surrounding areas in Chesterfield and Henrico counties can be decent depending on your goals.  

I am looking to network with individuals in the real estate investing community in Austin and the surrounding areas to learn about their investing careers, the Austin market, and what has enabled them to be successful. 

To get the ARV you will have to pull comps (sold properties that closely match the target property) from the last 3 to 6 months of the surrounding areas.

Surround yourself with people who talk less about issues and more about ideas.

I'm sure you can find better ROI in the surrounding areas!

I'm looking for a good full time realtor that has experience working with investors and knows the surrounding areas (Canton, Livonia, Ypsi, Westland, GC, etc.)Would love to hear from someone who can help!

Emeryville is ripe for the picking especially multifamily given that there are not rent controls like the surrounding areas...

see how long the house has been on the market look at the surrounding areas of the house  for sales within 6 months to a year .some property are overvalued.  

I am in the Simcoe County area (Barrie, Orillia and surrounding areas).

The second is a City owned school and some surrounding acreage where the City has approached us offering very favorite entry point into the property and asking us to consider the concept of us developing lower cost single family houses or duplexes in a small senior community concept on the surrounding land along with converting the school into independent senior apartments.