Josh and SteveI think that you both gave me food for thought.

People come for the food, nightclubs, entertainment, etc.  

It's hot enough to cook food outside ( I don't recommend of course hehehe)

Please elaborate. “12% retirement, 10% car expense, 10% family expenses, $500 for food for my family of five.”5.Do you plan out financial goals and save for them, such as a family vacation, college savings, retirement?

Also, fine dining kitchens are way too volatile for me ;-)I've been reading a lot of forum posts and definitely plan to seek the advice of a real estate tax advisor but maybe with all the experience floating around there, y'all could give me some food for thought in the meantime.

However, there were some scuffs on the walls, the kitchen counters had some dried food on it and the floors were dirty. 

Food for thought though. 

Have you ever had a tenant that you are in court evicting ask you to bring them a free food basket for Thanksgiving?...

http://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in October Single-family home sales continued their post-Hurricane Harvey rebound as volume rose 7.5 percent year-over-year with 6,381 units sold;Single-family home sales remain 2.8 percent ahead of 2016’s year-to-date volume;Total property sales increased 6.6 percent with 7,614 units sold;Total dollar jumped 10.8 percent to $2.1 billion;The single-family home median price rose 3.9 percent to $226,491, which represents an October high;The single-family home average price increased 2.7 percent to $285,858, also the highest level for an October;Single-family homes months of inventory grew year-over-year to a 3.9-months supply, but is down from a 4.3-months pre-Harvey peak – the result of a surge in consumer demand for housing;Townhome/condominium sales rose 5.8 percent, with the average price down 1.1 percent to $195,393 and the median price down 3.1 percent to $153,000;Leases of single-family homes rose 13.6 percent with the average rent up 2.8 percent to $1,776;Volume of townhome/condominium leases jumped 34.8 percent with average rent up 2.9 percent to $1,533.HAR still encourages anyone who has housing available for temporary occupancy (up to 12 weeks) to please post it on our Harvey Temporary Housing page at www.har.com/temporaryhousing to provide housing to those in need.

They also can't afford to rent it because the rent for their family would require at least both studios and will be at least $4k per month.Anyway, just some food for thought.