Neighborhood Scout has it's crime index at 2 which is among the most dangerous.There have been several posts on this in the last few months.

Austin is among the most popular secondary cities to move to.

Housing, property taxes, heavy govt oversight. . .among the many reasons the area has a negative population growth. 

Though this growth rate with likely slow in the short-term (especially among the more established areas), I remain bullish on the long-term appreciation and cash flow potential IF investors are selective in their properties, contract contingencies, investment strategy, and more than anything, willing/able to be patient.

The pandemic rules in HI were among the most restrictive so I am glad we didn't put any $$$ there. 

The reason real estate is such a powerful wealth generator and that owning it is one of the prevailing commonalities among the wealthy is that it generates income with:1.

Greenville and surrounding areas are among the fastest growing in the country and have solid fundamentals.

Now, if the commercial property prices can be observed during the same period, while there is an initial dip, there is also a rather quick recovery.Even during the uncertain times of the pandemic scenario of 2020, the commercial real estate market was among the few investments that remained rather insulated from the volatility of the market and started on a recovery path much sooner.

. $4000 later were gonna be legal.. problem is new law effective oct 09 in texas states something among the lines of if you upgrade the water lines, everything effected by the water lines has to be brought up to code something like that, so water heater needs couple new vents, pan, gas line doesnt have a riser on the outside of the house it comes up underneath, all costly additions to the orignal plumbers estimate, and were not done yet. worst part is the excavating I spent days on and good money isnt gonna be good enough as now were replacing all 3 and they have to be further apart then they orignally were.. bummer.. what a waste.. exciting adventure.. learned never try that again, plumbers charge a premium and theres reasons why.

The separate metering is great if you can do it but there are solutions if you cannot such as using the RUBS (Ratio Utility Billing System) method to split the utility bills among the tenants.