Then, finish with Long Distance Real Estate Investing which again narrows down your chosen field (rental properties) and looks at how to go about building teams and growing your portfolio from a distance.How did you choose these three books in particular?

If you want to grow fast, using partners money will expedite that.    

We seem to be slowly growing and had maybe 20-25 people at last months event.If our paths don't cross, but sure to update on how your deal(s) go.

Although average market prices in Austin are higher then San Antonio/Houston/Dallas, we are growing at a much higher rate.

Last thing I'll say is you've clearly gotten to where you are by following instincts and identifying growing markets; stick with that and don't abandon that "base".

You can exponentially grow cash.Forth, which is a spinoff of third, leveraging will get you a greater return than all cash (meaning buying your equity).  

There are a half-dozen cities that are appreciating rapidly in the Midwest like Columbus, O., and Indianapolis, In....Cincinnati and Cleveland are viable spots for investing as well if you like cash flow.

Again there are things to look for when doing this, you can own a small part of a 2 million MF building that will grow and cash flow, or you can take a 60k commission. 

We have been renting up until now and with the growing family we are thinking of buying a home.

Podcasters...for anyone breaking even or actually making money off your (real estate related) podcast, I'm wondering if you can point me to ideas on how best to grow number of listeners, if and when to add advertising, and generally how many downloads/listeners you achieved before breaking even?