Will be speed networking that night and a great way to build your power team.Let me know if you have any questions.Regards,Joe Scorese

There is also plenty of opportunity for river recreation on the Willamette, Columbia and Clackamas rivers, and lots of lakes and reservoirs for fishing and kayaking.As another poster noted, in Portland specifically the real estate market is white-hot and probably near a peak (we hope?)

I took at weekend seminar from Eddie Speed who seems to be the king of note investing.  

Speed was key here.This is where it started to fall apart.

Want some examples: the first thing you will notice is wreckless and agressive driving (even by my standards), people running red lights at full speed long after the signal changed etc - what you don't whitness very often because it happens so fast: items stolen out of cars, cars stolen, tools stolen, materials from jobsites stolen, copper pipes cut out of basments, people following the UPS van to pick up amazon packages and selling content on craigslist, someone in serious withdrawal pain may ask you for $5 gas money and then ask for your wallet and cell phone while flashing a gun, domestic violence, people yelling on the street, shots fired at night etc. 

So start with your own pace and gain speed as you go.

If you have new property in your hand start both process with same lender that will help you to speed up the process and less paperwork. 

It will help speed up the saving process. 

Coming to Austin, is it good time to buy considering prices have already peaked?

Play them at 1.5 speed to get through them faster.Take a look at Jonathan Segal FAIA he's done great real estate investing/developing with his architecture background.