Are you sticking with journalism or is there music interest that you are pursuing? 

In my leisure time I love doing a lot of things:- Video gaming (big fan, only have too little time to play :( )- Music & Movie- Walking & playing with my dog (a one year old sweet but sometimes rebellious husky)- Hiking & traveling with my wife- Classical guitarLook forward to getting to know you guys in the forum!

Hey Bryce,Welcome to BP, I am relatively new to real estate investing however I work with an RE Agent Melody Sheldon, she has help me on four fix and flips but I could have rented them as well if were ready to go that way she is an expert in short sale properties she may be able to help.

I listen to them on my drive out to my properties, it's like my real estate workout music.

If this were a single person, or married couple without kids, who mentioned that they are sometimes noisy (play a musical instrument, or love to have loud music on), you could reject them for the same reason.

By the way @David Sanchez, I had the pleasure of going to the Clayton Club Saloon one evening after a bday party out in the area, and had a blast dancing to some folksy, toe-tapping music with a fun group at this 1800's true "watering hole."

It's like watching the Caribbean World Series on TV with all the music and chants they do.

However, many don't like S8 because:- the quality is often (but not always) worse (will leave your unit trashed, play music loud, damage stuff, etc.)- S8 won't always agree to pay what you're asking for rent and/or won't agree to what you want to raise rent to in the future- it can be harder to get a S8 tenant out (I don't think you can just give them notice to vacate like you can with a normal tenant, or so I've heard)- you have to deal with the bureaucracy and inspections of your unit (they make you fix minor things like a window screen, and I think they can withhold rent because of it)- etc.I'm not an expert on S8 by any means, but I've heard enough about it to have formed my own opinion.

You can add voiceovers, background music, title slides, pointers to highlight what's on the screen, and even has a little window where you can show yourself (or whatever you point your video camera at).It's a few hundered bucks, but for me it paid for itself several times over with business it helped close for me.You can also go for "Jing" which is the lite version of Camtasia.

Last I heard certain parts of Texas had sever water shortfalls.When that happens I have seen government and cities put moratoriums on any new projects or development or adding onto existing development because current resources are tapped out.Also if the sewer system is at capacity they will not let you tap into it.Development might be booming but there will be a time for certain asset classes where you can hit over saturation.You don't want to be the one falling down when the musical chairs stop.