Hi Stacie,There is a Bigger Pockets Real Estate Investors meetup coming up soon.The next event will take place on Friday, October 19th at 5:30 PM @ Ballast Point - Miramar.Address: 9045 Carroll Way, San Diego, CA 92121.Check out: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/623256-san-diego-real-estate-investor-happy-hour-friday-october-19th?

The bigger pocket calculator gave me the ranges for repairs and cap ex. 

Appreciation and equity however play a way bigger part in the Austin market and what my clients focus on when purchasing duplexes. 

I’m very excited to be joining the Bigger Pockets Community!

I am a newbie on this site. I am interested to get a pro membership. But I want to hear what you all think. Is the pro membership worthwhile?

There are rural areas in Kern County where prices have not really recovered like much of the state and better cashflow exist,  But these areas don't have the solid job base that bigger cities have so finding solid tenants is a challenge.  

I'm not sure how I found Biggerpockets but it has been an excellent resource!

You will find that a lot of people love the appeal of notes but don't take action and/or use their resources such as bigger pockets.

Excited and grateful this resource is here.

After listening to the Bigger Pockets podcast for a couple of years, I finally decided to join the community here.