As inventory is running lower due to the growing population, it appears that getting zoning to shift from single family to multifamily is the only way to meet the needs of the people.

What are your thoughts with the market shift that we might be seeing soon.

You have to wait longer to be stabilized and if cycle shift happens you can go from making good money to neutral or a loss.

Then house drainage, does the water run away from the house or towards it, any foundation cracks, shifts, issues? 

This pleases me greatly:)Naturally my mind has shifted to the future.

Not that they want to take over the property, but if they had to, they want to ensure there is enough spread to offset legal costs, evictions, market shifts....etc.  

Hey all, originally I had the rosy ambition of going in on an owner-occupied duplex in the Austin area, but quickly came to the realization all the duplex/multiplexes on the MLS here are either overpriced or need a substantial down payment to make financial sense.I have now shifted my strategy to buying a more modestly priced SFR outside of Austin city limits with 20% down.

As a firefighter, we work 24 hours on shift and 48 hours off shift.

As your paradigm shifts so will your world of opportunity! 

My thinking has shifted to index funds in a well constructed diversified portfolio, which I can do myself and save the fee.