I currently live in California, so naturally there really isn't too much available around where I live.

I currently live in California, so naturally there really isn't too much available around where I live.

I have no idea what to expect this year as sales in Houston should have dropped values from November through February due to the falling oil prices.  

Naturally, this will be a owners occupied situation.

My goal was to get into buy and hold and make my way up to commercial MF, etc etc, so when I would talk to her about REI she naturally was inclined to do the same.

Watched a buddy raise 5M for his "Man Camps" project housing for oil and gas industry field workers.Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere Check out BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide - A fantastic free book that walks through many of the key topics of real estate investing.Check out the free BiggerPockets Podcast - A weekly podcast with interviews and a ton of great advice.

I've been very interested in the crowdfunding industry over the past few years, and think that BiggerPockets is a natural place for real estate crowdfunding to evolve - lot's of knowledgeable but low net worth investors here on the platform, with the intellect and background to invest, but lacking opportunity.I will be following this thread, and hope to see some great tips and advice.  

I currently work in Finance (M&A) in the Oil and Gas sector (a glorified version of Real Estate really), and I am relocating back to the US in ~18months or so.

However, it was intended to solve the problems associated with majority owners of fractionalized interests being restricted by the lack of action or decision-making of minority owners.Have equal interests can be a disadvantage if a stalemate exists and your partner, when an entity or natural person, has different plans. 

It is my nature to be suspicious of especially good (looking) deals, I assume that I am missing something.Kelly