As far as the dates are concerned that is when the opportunity to invest stops.

Yes, I think my particular area it takes longer, or at least that is what the 3 realtors that I've consulted with said.As far as the loan, I want to tap into the equity rather than taking out a short term/high interest loan.

So wtf is so special about 180 units then?

But as far as I'm concerned, the MTR market in north Austin is not worth it. 

That is SO COOL!

The problem as far as I can tell is that new construction vastly outpaced rental demand. 

I later heard but never exactly why, that the place was an absolute money pit and the buyer, who was very experienced, regretted buying it big time.It is interesting, but I ALWAYS do at least a bit of research on the prior owners and have found few "hard luck" stories, at least as far as either higher or high priced single fams go, they're by far the same story where the owner makes the financial decision to walk away, mainly due to the insane HELOC's etc they were giving out, like 125% of home's current value back in like 2006, so now they'll owe literally like $750k on a home that IF in great shape would at best fetch $500k, PLUS they trashed or semi-trashed the place, so they'd be really lucky to get $400k as is and often they may be business owners or whatever and have a relationship with a local bank who will then know "the whole story" behind the big hit they take to their credit score and not treat it nearly as harshly as the average Joe, who's practically banned from even entering the bank for years!

So as far as I am concerned, I can only speak to the rehab part, it is a little off or light, also it may be that I come from commercial/government construction sector, so that might affect my opinion.

I understand why they are used, but personally I would rather leave a voicemail and have a warm body call me back than deal with another automated system.Think of it this way: if someone is so urgently looking to sell a property that they can't wait for a call back in 1 business day, do you think they are going to sit through some automated system?  

So far as the assumption process goes, it's possible to do it yourself, but Roam makes it substantially easier.