Starting your real estate journey with a house hack in Austin is a smart move, especially with its strong rental demand and appreciation potential.

Quote from @Celine Besson: Hi everyone,We recently moved from Memphis, TN, to Montreal, Quebec.Before leaving, we planned to invest in a small house, renovate it, and rent it out (Ultimate goal would be to BRRRR).

Starting real estate investing early is a smart move, especially while leveraging your military benefits.

Sharing this idea in case others can comment on it.I agree, the US is more friendly about receiving investments from foreignors.You are planning to move back to Spain?

If you are moving from your SFR to another property, then you should be able to get a 5% down loan or even 3% if it's FHA.  25% is only if you won't be living in the property in my experience.

Plus, you get huge appreciation here based on how many companies are moving and developing here! 

In my round-up note as we moved out, I mentioned that the ice maker in the fridge hadn't worked in many years and the model was known for issues so we just never replaced it. (8 year old fridge.) 

During the months of searching for the perfect property, his has decided to move out of state, closer to family.

What is the best guidance you guys have for me to be the first call for move out cleans, tenant turnover cleans, etc. 

I had tenants that stopped paying rent for 2 years in NY during the pandemic and we couldn't kick them out, i've had tenants move out and leave someone squatting and NY made it impossible to evict them so I had to pay them off, i've had tenants destroy their apartments before they moved out (maggots in the fridge, flushing their kids toys down the toilet etc) so i've dealt with real difficulty.