Be sure to read through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing to help you get started.Also - here's a couple articles you might enjoy:The 21 Best Real Estate Investing Books Ever How to Rent Your House: The Definitive Step by Step GuideHow to Be a Landlord: Ten Tips for SuccessFinally -be sure to setup some keyword alerts - especially for "Austin" so you can jump into local conversations.See you around the forums!

Be sure to set up some Keyword Alerts so you'll be notified when people mention that which interests you here in the forums. 

Take advantage of what the site has to offer such as: word alerts feature, ebooks, webinars, blogs, podcasts and forums as previously mentioned by @Leo Mervin Atanacio, informative people in many fields of real estate, contacts and more.

They are both great at learning the fundamentals.Oh - and don't forget to set up your Keyword Alerts!

They are both great at learning the fundamentals.Also - here's a couple articles you might enjoy:The 21 Best Real Estate Investing Books Ever How to Rent Your House: The Definitive Step by Step GuideHow to Be a Landlord: Ten Tips for SuccessOh - and don't forget to set up your Keyword Alerts!

For example, you set up key word alerts. http://www.biggerpockets.com/alerts

Here are some recommendations for you:Set up keyword alerts to be notified of the topics that interest you: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alertsCheck out BP Podcasts: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/category/podcast/If you wish to tag someone in the conversation on the forum, type @ followed by their name and then select the name of that person which should appear below the comments box.

Have you set up your keyword alerts yet?

Start looking for a great investor-friendly agent and have them set you up with alerts on the MLS based on what you are looking for.

Investor-friendly agents also make lots of connections.Have you set up your keyword alerts yet?