Austin has had technology and innovation growth for 40 years, so it is appealing for many reasons. 

Whether in practice it is a difficulty, or not is not the point. 

The difficulty you will face is that most lenders on BP will be unable to mix a owner occupied property with an investment property.   

I’m currently grappling with which path / options to take and would love all your thoughts – below I have outlined some context of my situation and options.Context:- Currently own 2 properties – my SFH (which I don’t want to move out of) and a condo that is rented (currently to family members which makes it easier)- Have 150k cash + 150k available from a HELOC at 3.75% -- have more available but this is all I want to allocate to REI right now (I say this so you know I’m not being super stretched investing the 300k)- I’m open to investing locally or remotely within the US – we live on the WC approx. 3hrs from SF- My wife and I work demanding 9-5 jobs – we are open and willing to spend material time on this but cannot make it our full-time roles for at least a couple more yearsOptions – I have outlined these in my perceived level of difficulty, would also love you thoughts on that 1.

@Brandon Stock check out Chime Technologies and GeoFarm (their direct mail div)

Does anyone else share these same difficulties?

Does anyone else share these same difficulties?

I could see the difficulty it getting all those resources together to get supply caught up.

@Paul Winka you can definitely solve a lot of the issues you just mentioned with technology like Last Pass which saves all your passwords, or just google book marks. 

You may not even be positive cash flow 4 years from now when you hopefully are graduating (many serious SDSU students take 5 years due to difficulty getting certain classes, change of major, taking a few classes over, etc.).