If you are in an inexpensive area that is growing, you can often get both cash flow AND great appreciation.With that in mind, I thought it worth sharing this fresh US Census data.

From a content perspective, the original book was written back in 2012/2013, when most markets were buyer's markets -- house flippers needed to be more skilled at selling property than at buying property, as buying was easy. 

That's if you think from small individual realtor perspective. 

If I use my HELOC fund to buy a property, which of the following two options should I go with from tax or business accounting perspective?

This is onlyy perspective from the experience of dealing with people...

Because from tax perspective, you pretty much only have the option for LLC - you shouldn't hold properties in a S- or C- corp (just google "real estate in C corp or S corp" or "holding real estate in a S corporation") unless you are an active investor (flipping), paying salary to yourself, or doing property management, in which case anyway, you should do it in a separate entity from the holding assets entity.

@Khalid Bryan another option if not affordable rental properties is if you would like to try the BRRR method I would look for properties that are not moving ready or maybe the condition prevents them for qualifying for an FHA loan or low down conventional loan, and do the necessary repairs to make it safe to live in clean and fresh.

I'm particularly interested in the cash flow and appreciation potential of the market.What are the key pros and cons of investing in San Antonio from a cash flow perspective?

To put it in perspective, it is 100% true that a cash buyer has an advantage over a person who needs a loan.

So we're very grateful to him for taking the time to put that together for us and for teaching us his perspective!)