Overall Austin is currently a Buyers market but there are some neighborhoods that are Sellers markets due to good schools, accessibility to Tech hub job areas, parks, entertainment etc.

Purchase price: $665,000 Cash invested: $200 Sale price: $665,000 Its a Duplex 2bd1ba each unit, nice backyard and long driveway, situated in the Pattern neighborhood 5 minutes drive from Dimond/Laurel village.

When I asked about this I was more or less told that because they run the purchase/sale through the agent's brokerage firm it makes the process more efficient and there are all these moving parts etc.

Every year, the local Housing Authority in my neighborhood issues a market rate report for apartments, listing fair market rents for studio, 1br, 2,3 br etc. 

Our local organizations do a lot - we have representatives meeting with council members, a professional PR firm to help change the narrative on STR's here on the islands, and we're working towards increasing our own lobbying power.

It might be time to have a firm conversation with the tenant, letting them know that going forward, rent needs to be paid in full on the due date as stated in the lease.

We are also entrepreneurs who have run a successful marketing firm since 2011, so we have experience building a business from scratch, hiring, marketing, building and leading teams, high-level negotiating, etc. 

I like 38109 but you have to know the neighborhoods down to the streets.

It was the owner of the house and a couple of neighborhood teens who handled the demo and clean up.

- Any recommendations on how to vet CPAs and cost segregation firms?