Based on my limited knowledge of real estate investing, one key is to buy distressed properties, fix them up and either rent or sell.  

Here are some key highlights from the report, which compares December 2024 to December 2023:*The median sales price in the greater Austin metro rose slightly by 1.4% to $450,000.

I lived in Houston for a dozen years (moved last summer) and really wanted to make an STR work, but I just couldn't get there.

Most of them just hire a key employee to run the technical work.

A couple tips--Always best to house hack small multis when you are moving around from base to base. 

It's how quickly you get money moving. 

I need some advise from you all before i move forward.How do you make the mortgage payment?

Due to the current interest rates, you probably can't live for free, but you can definitely learn how to house hack in that first year, reduced your personal housing costs, learn the rent by room/co-living strategy on-site, and then probably break-even after move out, but most importantly, it is possible to make that work in 2025 with today's rates.It just takes being open-minded and willing to be flexible for the 1st year.  

We completely gutted and finished the basement including adding a kitchenette and 3/4 bath, moved out and are now renting both apartments.

And more than 600,000 residents are projected to move to the county in the next 25 years — raising the total to 1.7 million by 2050.Along with Mecklenburg, approximately 79% of the growth in the Charlotte region is expected to occur in the counties of York, S.C., (312,810 to 481,714 people), Union (269,572 to 481,612), and Iredell (212,583 to 335,056 ).A historic jumpIn the last 25 years, more than 962,000 people moved to the Charlotte region.