We lived in two of the last five years up until July 2026.I haven't been like I should watching the market like I should.

Sorry to jump on the back of this original post but I have a follow-up question to this response.

So, you will need to stand behind the LLC's debt even though the debt will be in the LLC's name and not on your credit report.3.

Up until now, I’ve always handled my taxes through TurboTax since I receive a W-2, making the process straightforward.

Focus on absentee owners and start with the ones who live the farthest away and only own one property in the area since they have the least use for the property.You can also drive for dollars, looking for anomalies of disrepair and then look them up in the tax records and use a site like Spokeo to do cheap skip tracing.

It was a full-time job to manage my property manager here--and a good thing I did because the mistakes (often involving them wasting my money) just kept piling up.

i think this is a decision only you can make. im in a similar boat (house hacking my primary) and considering renting the whole thing out to get a solo home for myself. certainly a lot of appeal in that, given how much work goes into the house hack. but whether or not the numbers on cash flow align is up to you. personally i dont think $150 (seems like about 12%?)

This allows you to build a single family up front and a duplex in the back of the property, effectively creating a triplex with out all the extra building codes.

Since the property has vacancies, a buyer might discount for lease-up risk, so that’s something to factor in.I owned a multi-use property in IL that is definitely different than what you're looking at.

Is anyone in Houston, TX building ground-up construction?