All Forum Posts by: James Freeman

@Jeremy VanDelinder I'm already working with a KB salesperson.  Thanks for the suggestion about upgrades, sounds logical!

@Mindy Jensen https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides

Our home is zoned : SF-S - Single Family Suburban Residential 

@Mike Castellow We live in Round Rock - ill take a peek at the URL you shared. ty sir

@Mike Castellow been googling these since your post, do you have any builders or plans ? I wonder how our HOA will react if I ask :)

@Jordan Moorhead Worried about trying to get the property in shape to sell vs. rent is my issue there. 

@Thomas S. We owe 160 and appraised value is 303, we want to keep it and rent it to start this investing journey. 

Also, ive been looking online but dont see any kind of builder  scorecard. Is KB considered good or bad now? IF you were building, who would you suggest?

What would be the best way to keep our existing house with good equity and finance a new house? 401K loan? Equity from current house? How much should we pull out if we refinance our 1st mortgage? We have never owned new, is this advisable in the round rock market or should we look at a seasoned home ? We are also interested in a pool so the existing market is somewhat smaller than normal.

We would like to rent out our current home and upgrade to a nicer / larger home if possible.

@Kris Wong so the key to Austin is appreciation more than cash flow positive unless you are doing a sizable down payment? Seems logical. Im trying to learn more every day, thanks for the insight.