Are you building for pure investment purposes or are you looking to use some of the space for personal/personal business use?

If you’re not paying cash for properties, get pre-approved for an investor loan to understand your available credit.Time FrameThe shorter your timeline to achieve your goal, the more upfront capital and credit you’ll need.End GoalMost investing goals focus on replacing their current income, like $5,000/Mo.

There are very few, good buying opportunities in the Austin metro-plex for pure investors.  

I sold my company to a national PMC named PURE,  they have a large footprint in California and are always looking for people at most levels. 

The inspections have become so nitpicky over purely cosmetic items there has to be an extra $1-2k per year to keep up with the punch list every 1-2 years.

The biggest challenge seems to be finding lenders that offer these loan products which is where I’m looking for help from the community with recommended lenders that serve Texas.The Fannie Mae (or Freddie Mac) options are preferred over FHA purely because of the (perhaps perceived) limit on renovation funds that the FHA option provides.

Quote from @Anderson Banegas Cerrato: Elijah, this is pure fire, man!

You must maintain a unit as a primary residence - that keeps a lot of pure investors from completing an SB9.3.

Or is it purely an investment? 

So it's a pure expense.