Yes, prices are high, but there is good potential for appreciation, and tenants are generally reliable and high quality. 

To determine the quality of a property requires to evaluate all of its return as well as potential return.  

Like / Kind quality home.

I wouldn't use them to complete the job, they've already shown they aren't doing quality work.

The Austin metro market is approaching that territory.Here are the full stats for Austin and the greater metro:On the rental front, a recent Redfin report placed Austin atop the list for the largest year-over-year decline in median rents among US metros:Appropriate rental pricing and high-quality marketing are vital to navigating the current leasing market effectively.

Investment quality is all that matters as you build the foundation for your track record.

Most quality markets worth investing in for the long-term are seeing 0.50% or below.

Listening to the Audio book of The Book on Managing Rental Properties.

Computers can analyze property based on subjective data (square footage, # of beds/baths, etc.) but cannot calculate for objective data (quality of kitchen cabinets/counters, size of bedrooms and bathrooms, view out the living room window, etc.).You should study the market yourself.

Yea the thing that was confusing was that the listed rentals on Zillow or Redfin had pretty big discrepancies in price while they appeared to me to be of similar quality.