That said, with exception to the capital building which is a fine example of architecture, I thought Austin and much of the hill country really, was a bit of a crap hole with crappy houses.

Can I please get some feedback on what flaws and holes I need to fix in this plan?

Can I please get some feedback on what flaws and holes I need to fix in this plan?

You're looking at your first deal, do it wrong, and this sounds like you're trying to force a square peg into a round hole, and it might sour you on REI for life.

See, you escaped from one high tax unaffordable hell hole.

Consider a landlords position when a tenant seeks to get around of find loop holes on their lease.

I do keep a healthy reserve fund and have the money to replace it, it's more that they haven't made monetary sense to me. 

I was hoping to not go down a rabbit hole.

Any glaring holes in my thinking?

Two houses, make sure you don't have holes in your property management.