Texas added more new residents than any other state over the past year and now has a population of over 31 million people.According to estimates released Dec. 19 by the U.S.

Neighborhoods to invest in is a more subjective topic as that is often dependent on the type of investment you're interested in, your price point and even the type of tenants, if that's the route your going,  that you are trying to attract.

Pros - attractive to some renters.

Please see the rough numbers below :Tear down house price 350k,Construction cost 165 sqft * 2 build=627k too much for the land unless your exit is 3 million. don't reinvent the wheel. no single family home builder is paying 300k for land. that's miami florida prices where I live. we buy land 50k and under in Columbus Ohio. keep land at less than 10% of after built value.

I think you can go as high as 15% but it's cutting into your margins and depends if you are a GC yourself or not. 150k is close to a million or more.

We accomplished that within a few months, and five years later we were doing well over $100 million per month before we sold the company.To get there, we hired top originators from our competitors. 

He's created an army of loyal bots that do his bidding and he's probably made $60 million or more just in membership fees.

In my situation if I’m earning $18,000 in cash flow from a property my tax benefits are offsetting at least that amount and I’m still paying $0 in taxes so the real estate scenario is attractive to me.

You also need UX, support, quality, a million other things.

So, I reached out to a local brokerage, and they referred me to an agent with significant experience.This man has built a $30 million portfolio himself, and in just a couple of meetings, he completely shifted my perspective.