In my (one time) experience with section 8 I put my emphasis on my perception of the applicant's personality, work ethic and credit score.

Do you see urban areas like Austin losing their appeal or is there still enough draw from tech jobs and lifestyle to keep that market strong?

If she loses her job, she's stuck.

It’s also not as cost effective to just upgrade one unit when it’s vacant because then you lose economies of scale and in the instance of materials things may not be available over an extended period of time and you may end up with mismatched windows or something.

The tenant at least stands to lose their home.

However I would not fund a deal based on a rezone unless it was a screaming deal and it could be sold as is for the current use so we did not lose money.

The trade offs for getting in your first property are well worth losing the free rent with mom and dad in my opinion.

10, but the emphasis lies in distributing the liability of the equity across the LLC's.

They quickly forget about the support you've given them and only look to edge you out of as much commission split as possible.It's really a lose lose for small independent Brokers these days.

We ALWAYS require a full month of rent for SD, but we also lose a decent amount of S8 applicants who can't come up with it.3) Delayed Advertising for Vacancies:- It is VERY difficult to arrange showings on occupied rentals, especially if Class C or S8 tenants!