We have quite a few extremely awesome people from the Shreveport/Bossier area who have networked from Bigger Pockets.A little over a year ago we started an un-official Bigger Pockets meetup in our area.

I am extremely interested in starting to invest in real estate, I have been for quite some time.

I'm extremely handy so the repairs are not the issue, I know the management companies typically do a lot of the tenant interactions which would benefit me since I'm an hour and 15 minutes away, so it would be like I'm keeping a local presence that the tenants are already used to.I've been communicating back and forth with the listing realtor, who also works at the building management company that manages the property.

Make sure you give your quit or pay notice on the second of every month to insure you can evict as quickly as possible when they finally stop paying.Don't change a thing other than to raise their rent at renewal (annually) to insure you make maximum profits from what appears to be extremely stupid tenants until they tip over the edge.Gotta Love stupid if it puts money in your pocket.

Lure you in, talk about how much money they make, try to sell you some extremely expensive miracle product without knowing any of the details.I'll stick to BP and the library for education.

You have to be patient and willing to fix up places before renting them.Job growth is very strong, vacancies extremely low, incomming residents from other places, and the two urban cities are growing and popular with millennials. 

I've combed through county records this week, which was extremely tedious, but came up with just at 100 so far (approximately one out of every 7 or 8 I looked at has potential).

The last 3 apts I had.. all had tall ceilings and it would have been difficult (if not extremely ugly) to run the venting outside, thus we ran the recirculating.  

Scott Lepore I'm in the Austin market as well but I'm extremely new.

Hey Everyone,I need some of advice from the BiggerPockets community.Like many other California investors we are extremely lucky to have a property that has appreciated over the last few years.