Investing in a single family in TX area as a first investment

[Eliran Michaeli]

Hi to everyone,

I am interesting to start investing in TX area (in the cities close to the Mexican border).

Is it a good area? I saw some interesting single family houses (newly constructed) in the range of 200-300K, for examle in:

McAllen

Edinburg

San Juan

Mercedes

How can I deep go into research about those cities and neibarhoods in term of demand for rentals and for sales? It seems that those areas are full with new inventory. my concern is that is too close to the Mexican border and that there are many lands available for new construction.

Another thing, most of the houses price history in somehow hidden in redfin \ Zillow. There is another way to see the listing prices history if I can't see it on those webs?