Rental Property Investor · Austin, TX · Member since 2015 · 280 posts · 176 votes
As a W-2 investor, I haven't had any luck in finding any meetups in the Greater Austin Area that are held in the late afternoons/evenings or on weekends. I have only found one (REIA Austin) but it gets mostly mixed reviews here on Bigger Pockets with a lot of people saying it's basically a pushy sales program. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.
There was a Bigger Pockets Austin meetup on November 30 and I had planned to attend but was not able unfortunately. Happy to join another meetup anytime. I am also a "W-2 investor".
There is an Investors Underground meet up on Wednesdays each month. They charge $20 for entry but that is to cover the cost of holding the meeting at a venue. I'm also a full time worker bee and am open to attending meet ups.
@Bruce Petersen Personally, I'd like to stay away from SFH as the net revenue per door is not as attractive as MFH. Only option IMHO for SFH would be a unit in a prime Austin location that can easily be converted into a duplex (emphasis on easily). Otherwise, I'd prefer 4 to 8 unit value-add properties before moving into larger investments. What are your thoughts?
Multifamily investor with W2 in Cedar Park. I would like to get involved in the meetup as well. I have been trying to get to the REIA in the Domain for months now, but like clockwork, something comes up on Tuesdays. It would be great if there was even a smaller ad-hoc meetup in the NW Austin/CP/RR area that took place Friday afternoons or the weekend. Looking for my next deal and would be great to hear what others are doing in the area.
Love to see so many of you in the N-NW areas of Austin! I'm in Leander as well...will be trying to get to the Investor Underground -- kids activities in the evenings restrict me somewhat with the meetups. I'm a multi-family investor as well!
Has anyone experienced the Austin RENC? Curious to hear any thoughts. I am also looking into the Investor Underground. Would love to connect and meet like-minded people. Thank you guys for any insight in advance!
I was a W-2 investor while working in tech. It's a great way to start off, so long as you have reliable and ethical investors feeding you off-market deals that have instant equity. With the right plan, you can wean yourself off W-2 life in 5-10 years, depending on your annual activity.
There is a BiggerPockets "South Austin Area - Real Estate Meetup - January 18th" event happening at 5701 W Slaughter Ln D (this Thursday 7p-9p; search for it in BP events). I will be there. Y'all should come down. I can share some stories and strategies with you.
I'll be at the Austin Boat and RV show Thursday afternoon (4p-6p) in case anyone wants to tag along and learn some cool strategies like having an investment property's cash flow pay for RV financing.
Also a multi-family investor looking for meet-ups. I've checked out the Investor Underground meet-ups and I'm not sure it's for me. It was very flip oriented, and we are buy and hold kind of people.
I am interested as well, I'm in yoakum which maybe some of you have heard of haha, however would be willing to drive.
Hoping to move to the new braunfels soon after I finish out flipping my current live in
I'd love a meetup as well. In fact, I'd be willing to present a closed deal or just talk about the merits of getting involved with larger multifamily? I'm not really seeing the right kind of meetup either in A-town, but maybe that means a new one needs to be created. Thoughts?
I'm in the same boat as you, I'm in road construction in Washington state and we do have a group here in Spokane, WA but they meet up Thursdays.
I'm thinking about starting my own or looking for a mentor to webinar, Skype, Marco polo, ect., These are just a few ideas so far. During the times that I'm available also.
@Matthew Teifke & @Michael Bishop started a meet up a few months back. It is still relatively new and currently has an open floor concept where everyone is free to pitch deals and ideas. Amongst the group is a diverse field of investors from large commercial developers to buy and holders to flippers. Its a great meeting to connect with other like minded individuals who are genuinely interested in sharing information and helping each others business.
It is currently being held the 2nd Wednesday morning of the month but, after discussing this thread, Matt and Mike said that meeting date could be flexible if it allowed a wider number investors to participate.
So what works better... Weekday Evenings, Weekend Mornings, or Weekend Evenings?
BP is very restrictive on posting about meetups - as you can see many posts were removed for including links to external meeting sites. The only way I was instructed to relay that kind of information is through the Marketplace and you can see the event I created above.
Our group has 26 members already and we created several polls, including one for what day&time works best.