Texas is one of the few places that still builds starter homes, you can't even really find them here in CA, the cost to break ground is too prohibitively expensive.While SA corridor is no desert, it's certainly not constrained by space or forest or old service lines like a New England or urban CA city.Relative to many places, Texas has abundant cheap land, which is still desirable unlike abundant cheap land in Mississippi, for example.

Chris England did you ever end up finding a lender to work with your lower loan amount?

It's the beginning of the season here in New England and there are sure to be other buyers.

this is New England keep in mind so we see all types of weather.

But my grandfather had moved to the US from England, where people of his generation and social class were renters, that's just the way it was.

Better to know this up front, so you don't buy a problem house.I have a funny (to us) story: we bought our first house in England, while stationed over there with the Air Force. 

Purchase price: $180,000 Cash invested: $33,000 Sale price: $275,000 Come see this fantastic classic New England Colonial Style home.

Please feel free to direct me to the correct sub-forum if this is not the correct one.I have been steadily investing buy and holds in southern New England (MA, RI, CT) with some decent success.

I feel bad for both tenants because I’m pretty sure the noise is bad but how do you keep three young boys sitting quietly and it’s winter in New England so where else are they supposed to play?

In real estate we focus on year over year (YOY) changes due to the seasonal nature of buying/selling in New England.