It's still so new but regardless, every building department in every city is completely incompetent in their timing for permits. 

@Breeya Johnson,Austin is one of the rare cities in the Sunbelt that’s highly unaffordable.

The most satisfying changes I've made is move out of tech management and back into just engineering roles, I sold my house in the city and moved to 5 acres in the hills where i work remotely for less money gladly, I've paid off everything, and now I have the flexibility to do anything.

I consul them to always include a street view of the property, from across the street, showing the entire house in situ, in order to answer the question for the guests (who have never been there before): "What are we looking for as we drive down the street" My 2 cents,Mike

This added demand for rentals drives up rents.You must invest in a city with significant and sustained population growth to have rents outpace inflation.

See the attached maps of his/his related entity real estate investments (courtesy of The Wall Street Journal). 

They're being built in places like Sylmar, Panorama City, and Sun Valley.

The cities laws make landlord very difficult for raising rents and evicting tenants. 

Make sure you research rental licensing requirement per municipality as they very greatly and make some cities a real pain to deal with. 

The government has tried it with section 8 and rent control in some cities , we all know the end result .You would be better off starting a jobs program teaching the trades , educating them on finances and work ethic and then rebuilding abandoned properties for them to buy