@Keenan Fitzpatrick @Jamie Rose @Tyler Bobo @Kevin Cross@Mark Askew - That ought to get you a good start.  

Year-on-year gains rose to 13.3% in April, from 12% in March.

If you were in my shoes,  what would you do?  

@Grey Drummonds I remember being in your shoes when I was getting started, and I ended up waiting almost five years to get started investing in RE.

well Vegas not only survived but values rose 20% or more  at least our props did.

One of my beds has a life size cutout poster of a lady wearing skimpy lingerie and high heel shoes laying on it.

I figured if this was the worst flood they saw and it rose that much building a extra 15-24 inches of concrete wouldn't be too bad. 

pid=1782Houston Real Estate Highlights in May:-Single-family home sales increased for the twelfth consecutive month, up a dramatic 48.2 percent year-over-year with 9,702 units sold;-The Days on Market (DOM) figure for single-family homes dropped from 58 to 34;-Total property sales rose 55.5 percent with 12,100 units sold – the second highest volume in history;-Total dollar volume increased 100.5 percent to $4.4 billion;-The single-family average price reached a new record high, rising 29.7 percent to $387,105; -The single-family median price rose 21.7 percent to $304,000 – also a record high; -Single-family homes months of inventory registered an historic low 1.4-months supply, down from 3.3 months year-over-year and below the national inventory of 2.4 months;-On a year-to-date basis, single-family homes sales are running 29.5 percent ahead of 2020’s record pace;-Townhome/condominium sales jumped 103.4 percent with the average price up 15.7 percent to $238,839 and the median price up 21.7 percent to a record high of $213,000;-Single-family home rentals fell 26.8 percent with the average rent up 10.6 percent to a record high $2,025; -Townhome/condominium leases declined 3.5 percent with the average rent up 8.5 percent to $1,716.

This is my personal opinion and what I would do if I were in your shoes

@Christian Weber the first question I would ask myself if I were in your shoes would be, “what do I want; 2x-4x my money in a short period of time (rehab projects) or do I prefer to build long term wealth (rental income)?”