We're here to help . . . don't hesitate to jump in and get active on the forums.

The next meeting is Feb 12.There are several other monthly meet ups, including:http://www.meetup.com/Central-Texas-Real-Estate-Investors/http://www.meetup.com/Austin-Real-Estate-Investor-Networking/As Scott mentioned, Phil & Shenoah Groves founded RENC and several other meet ups that are well established:http://www.meetup.com/AustinRENC/ (or) http://www.austinrenc.com/You'll find a lot of rehab activity going on in the 78702, 04 & 57 zips.

Think about what you can realistically do now to grow your savings and build credit, at what point you'd have enough to take the next step, preparation needed to get to the next step, and five and 10 year or longer goals.I'm currently in a holding a pattern this year, so you could say my current business plan is to read more real estate books, be active on BP forums, post my adventures and ponderings on my BP blog, do more maintenance inspections on our rentals, dream ad explore five and 10 year options, and work to reduce expensive tenant turnover.

My family was in real estate for many years and I was an active Realtor in Spokane, WA for about 6 years.

I'll bet any real estate attorney there will be friendly, they get even friendlier when you pay them.If you mean those that advise you not to do some screwy, dumb. stupid, hair-brained, unconventional, guruized, scamming or illegal activity, they aren't being unfriendly, to the contrary, they are probably being very friendly keeping you out of trouble you can't afford to get into.Call Realtors in the area and get references for a good RE attorney, see who the Board of Realtors uses or has used, ask your lender for the names of three good ones.Forget about trying to get a good attorney to advise you to do things you shouldn't be, adapt your methods and strategies to their advice!

I'm also looking forward to becoming active in the community!

There are certainly worse ways to throw away your money.If you actively manage the property, the LLC offers you almost no liability protection.

But actively starting my plan and motivated to make real estate my career.

"Listing" (as in 'promoting the sale of', under a contract) properties, with the intent to profit from the sale of property owned by others, is a brokerage activity and requires a license."

One tenant has lived there for 34 YEARS (the building is 34 years old) and the other has lived there for 7 years and is active in the neighborhood watch program.