Find a sugar mama and you're set. 

On the other hand, areas like Sugar Land and Pearland have been less affected due to their accessibility to the medical center.  

Having already owned a 12-unit bldg, and watching the water meter diligently on a weekly basis, I knew that normal water consumption in a 1-bedroom apt was about 500 gal/wk.  

Hey BPers,My wife and I are looking to settle down in the Sugar Land/Stafford/Missouri City area of Houston this fall. 

@Alex So I saw some good options there but I'm working in that area so I know the only reason I don't like that area because of consumption sites.

*We created a little mini-kitchen in the downstairs apartment like you would find in a hotel: a little mini-fridge with a small freezer and ice cube trays; a microwave; a coffee set up with coffee maker, individually packaged coffee, creamers, packets of sugar & sweeteners, disposable hot cups & stirrers.

That's good to know, makes quite a big difference for a number of the properties I'm looking at.I've been looking to try and find the right balance between cashflow (where the the outer cities like Pearland, Humble, Katy, Tomball, Cypress do well) and appreciation potential (where inner areas like Third Ward, OST/South Union, possibly Spring Branch, look better, although crime in OST for example concerns me).ZIP 77498 for example benefits from Sugar Land schools but still some 160-180k houses, plus Sugar Land tax on the lower side.

Plus many more questions.I am open to partnering with a seasoned investor locally here in Southwest Houston, Richmond, Rosenberg or Sugar Land TX. 

Sugar coating by saying Hi is a tough cash flow market doesnt do OP any good.   10% of ones income to feed an allygator isnt what RE is about.Being in the game just to be in the game is pure SILLYNESS. 

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (51.6 percent), San Antonio-New Braunfels (45.9 percent), and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land (45.5 percent) ranked third, fourth, and fifth, respectively.