Hey @Matthew CainMyself and a few other guys on the site (@Parker Cox Tim Gordon) organize a monthly meetuo for local BP members.

There is a meet up organized for August 13th at 9am on the community link. 

A handful of organic fruit and/or nuts, fresh picked!

What types of private lenders or organizations would be best to contact?

@Charles Nguyen is the organizer.

It's organized by @Stephanie Cabral .

If you are interested I'll pass along our PREIMA organizer's e-mail.Take careJeffPS As a side note, I see you are with Cerner...great company!!!

Any master planned development is a huge commitment for its developer.The only exception would be if the developer was a local 'billionaire' type developer operating a gigantic development organization. 

And you don't HAVE to have them manage your property because they're usually happy to just help you close a purchase.Check Houston's local real estate organization and see if they list categories of agents, and whether there's a category for residential investment realtors.

There is one organization which has local support groups (there's one in Manhattan) including people like you who are already doing deals and who all have the same education.