I responded that I had another meeting at that time and he might arrive at the property (from the airport) before I.  

I do that on commeical now and I spend more than 15k just buying lousy first class seats and having to go through all the rigors of the airports..

Also a pretty good airport I keep thinking someone like amazon could take over to use for distribution but that part may be big dreaming.

The duplex I bought in 2013 and is now worth way more than I would pay for it today.If you really want to spend your full $400k, there are some opportunities to house hack MF (probably a duplex) in the Richardson area, East Dallas, or mid-cities (near DFW airport) depending where you want to live.For SFRs, the best cash flow while still staying in B neighborhoods is going to be where houses are selling for around $100-150k.

Lubbock is also highly diversified being the hub for the area from Amarillo to Midland, Hobbs to Sweetwater for agriculture production and research (cotton, peanuts, sorghum, wheat, watermelons, and wine grape vineyards -70-80% of TX wine grape production comes from this area-), medical care and research (two top-tier facilities in Covenant and the university hospital), manufacturing, transport (major airport), and of course Texas Tech is a huge economic driver employing many thousands and bringing tons of students in with their parents money (30k+ enrollment I believe, it's enormous).

HIdden Valley lake in Lake countythey would buy props that they could put 3 to 5 thousand lots in.. usually one that they could make their own lake. and a golf course and airport.. 

I had some of those same concerns, mainly finding a good contractor and being an hour away from a major airport.