With rents falling in many areas, and with the cost to buy going up in relation to higher interest rates, this strategy is becoming harder and harder to implement.

https://www.har.com/content/department/newsroomHouston Real Estate Highlights in March, 2024:-Single-family home sales declined 7.5 percent year-over-year;-Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes went from 62 to 55 days;-Total property sales were down 7.0 percent with 8,939 units sold;-Total dollar volume fell 5.6 percent to $3.5 billion;-The single-family median price rose 1.6 percent to $330,000;-The single-family average price rose 1.3 percent to $412,464; -Single-family home months of inventory registered a 3.5-months supply, up from 2.6 months a year earlier;-Townhome/condominium sales continued to decline, falling 6.7 percent, with the median price up 5.1 percent to $235,000 and the average price up 2.2 percent to $276,262.

Any kind of paint will start to peel and fall off rather quick.

A tenant trip and fall case prior to close?

Plant expected to start production within 6 months (Fall 2024).Yes, this is boosting our economy and the potential for future appreciation and rent growth are pretty obvious. 

Petes area in the late summer/early fall.

The issue, of course, is that renting close to a college/university is highly seasonal in that students want housing mostly for the beginning of the fall semester. 

I started investing this past fall and my start has been ROUGH.

Looking at all the options on Zillow Rentals it seems like there's a lot of places falling apart and landlords want their tenants to pay for everything (no washer/dryer included, lawn care not included, first $100 of any maintenance requests, etc).   

Every fall I send calendars of scantily clad women with my advertising to the H.R. dept of every contractors company that has rented from me.There are magnetic signs on my truck.I have a side job.