Cabinets/trim go in this week and flooring should be going in within the next few weeks.

Here are some key highlights from the report, which compares January 2025 with January 2024:The median sales price for the greater Austin metro fell 4.7% to $409,765, while the City of Austin saw a 4.7% increase to $553,465.Total sales in the metro rose 1.1%, whereas the city saw a 4% decrease in closed sales, demonstrating continued demand in spite of economic challenges.Pending sales under contract dropped 7.5% in the metro and 1.4% in the City of Austin, suggesting a slight decrease in demand at the start of 2025.Listing inventory increased 16.5% in the metro and 15.5% in the City of Austin, resulting in 5.6 months of available housing inventory in the metro and 6.2 months in the city, approximately one month more than in January 2024.According to the Texas A&M Real Estate Center, a balanced real estate market has around 6.5 months of inventory.

Hi Nancy, I have sold property for clients in Carrollton.  

If you want to do upgrades to rent it, don't go crazy with it.

@Justin Sherman your best bet for cash flow is to go with a STR in the upper part of your house hack.

Is anyone still active in the Houston Area?

I don't like your PMs contract because it is basically "If you bother me with anything that is not in this contract, I'm charging you a fee, in the hopes that you will stop bothering me and go away." 

I spoke to her and they were going to do a light remodel (barely lipstick on a pig) and start renting the place. 

Have you looked in finding a short term property manager?

And right now, I am going to tear it down in 2025 and build a new house as my primary home.