I'm in Southern Oregon, and I have a friend in Portland, who says that up there, you have to accept the first applicant who meets your formal criteria.

Unfortunately, there will be mortgage defaults, abandoned homes, and high demand in general for housing, in the aftermath of Harvey.Is anyone thinking about the need of investors to fix and flip properties, to help meet the housing demand?

If you want to chat life/finance/real estate before you make the move, I'm happy to meet up for a coffee or beer!

Send me a message and we can talk more and maybe meet up to talk more about the area. 

Also can't wait to meet up @Ryan Evans

Go to a local REIA meeting and network with investors and see if you can partner up with someone.

We had a girl who was head over the heels about the place at our open house, but her realtor has advised her not to put it under contract because he is confident it will get a low appraisal due to the appraiser only using in project comps (he also mentioned that it is a VA loan, and they are very strict about staying in the project).I also believe that the realtors are not even showing this to their clients because of the above reason (though we have had about 4 showings).  

You might want to attend some of the MeetUps and the 3 REIAs that have monthly meetings in Atlanta to meet more investors in person.

I want to use the BRRRR strategy to develop my portfolio, but I need to expand my knowledge of the market before can dive in with my first property.I look forward to meeting and working with the BP community.

I think it would be great to get together a Bigger Pockets northern CA meet up.