Coming from the Midwest, we had been hoping to find an old industrial building or warehouse ideally on a waterway, for easy conversion (5000+ sf base area, 20+ ft height or multiple floors, drive-up/drive-in access), but are clearly very late to the party.

Now after five years of working in the aerospace industry I am looking to pursue real estate investing once more.

Lexington is just a great market and Georgetown has a lot of industry including Toyota and a bunch of factories that make parts for toyota kinda setting Georgetown apart from other bedroom communities. 

I think that is one of the main attractions of the industry.

I think this relationship is becoming unhinged as the wealthiest are taking the lion's share of profits from Fed-driven inflation and government spending, with wage-earners and tenants enjoying a tiny and declining portion of the new economic activity.This poses a dilemma for the real estate industry.

I am wanting to learn as much as I can about the industry so that I can make the best decisions.  

Yes, the Houston housing market is very affordable, it's one reason many people move here, plus the oil industry, construction, yadda...

We do a lot of, what is known in the industry as, 'tenant fit-outs' in the commercial arena.

When I entered my family's industry in 1990 (we've been in business since the 1800's) I wished I had such a resource.

For example, the CEO of a GMAC company in Central Florida was recently quoted in an article that the future of the industry is in multi-services, which he defines as Real Estate, Mortgage, Construction and Title services.Does anybody know of other companies who are doing this?