I think it's about the best time there is to outside of the past to invest and acquire properties.I just recently found an article by Julie Taylor from realtor.com that was posted December 10th that has some predictions on housing markets where "Home Sales Are Set to Soar" with Colorado Springs listed as number 1 with expected YoY sales increase of 27.1% and Denver expected to increase 13.6% YoY quoting Christine Dupont-Patz who is a real estate agent in the Denver area. 

End goal is get into the commercial housing and industrial.

Also, James Dainard just came out with a new flipping book, The House Flipping Framework.

A mild recession is possible, but its impact on housing demand will depend on regional and economic conditions.

You may use OPM to buy houses .

When I arrived I wasn't able to find a home, but I was able to find a house to rent a room from.

It's a little remote, however, the community seems to be new and growing and there are other houses and developments going up near by.

Yes we are all in house.

There will likely be a partnership return required where you flipped a house with a partner and lost $120,000.If you sold the other property within the same partnership, it will also be reported on that partnership return.The net result to you is that you will receive a K-1 showing your income / loss which you then use to report on your individual return.If you made no money within the same year, you likely pay no additional taxes / get no additional refund.Best of luck.

I am interested in acquiring a 10-acre lot with a house listed for $1.6M in a Houston suburb and would like to investigate financing options for building a commercial structure on the property.