Of course there are other great areas in the Austin MSA depending on your strategy and risk tolerance.Let me know if I can answer any questions or share my thoughts on any other topics.

Depending on your budget, Cambridge can be a great rental market.

Depending on the opportunity type and the licenses you have, that will either be pretty hard or really hard. 

If JC is a must, that's fine you'll do well with appreciation and rent increasing depending on the market with in city.

In short, most likely yes but it depends on your entire tax picture.

Can be a good strategy, but my understanding is BRRRR is generally dependent on refinancing and pulling back that cash invested to repeat the next one

Some Bay Area investors I know are: house hacking, rent by the room, mid-term rentals, STR (depending on your location AirBnbs may not work).

It depends on the market and whether you'd like to hold onto more liquid cash to put toward the next deal. 

Will need to know density, parking requirements, can the building withstand building on top, lot size, future planning etc…. depending on how well the zoning and platting dept plays with others!

Depending on your multi-family interest, type of project and timing; I might have some interest, if you're open to that idea.