The Austin metro was among the hottest destinations in the country for where people were moving last year, according to the latest annual ranking from U-Haul International Inc.Austin ranked No. 5 among the top U.S. growth metros in 2024, and Texas was the No. 2 state for move-ins — bested from the top spot after three consecutive years by South Carolina, according to data released Jan. 2 and Jan. 3.The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area took the crown for the top growth metro in the recent list, followed by Charlotte, North Carolina (No. 2); Phoenix (No. 3); and, Lakeland, Florida (No. 4).

On https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ you can also check the neighborhood crime and the percentage of people who rent compared to owning.

Some things you may want to consider is how active you are looking to be in your investing.

Instead of trying to actively manage investments in singles and doubles have you considered investing passively in syndications?

That’s the stuff people gloss over in spreadsheets but makes a real difference in how smoothly a project runs.

Social media is a good place to meet people, but do you really understand what they do?

The easiest solution to combine your two Stessa accounts would be for you to add the email address you have associated with BiggerPockets as a collaborator to your already active Stessa account.Then log in with your BiggerPockets credentials (as that collaborator) and it should upgrade your Stessa account.Here are some easy steps to follow: https://support.stessa.com/en/articles/2105533-the-power-of-portfolio-collaboratorsIf this does not work, please message [email protected] and we can work with Stessa directly to get you set up.

I think we offer an awesome service, but we can't control what people do.

This is easy for some people that have lots of friends investing in passive real estate opportunities.

This is a great place to learn and to connect with people so take advantage of all the great resources.