I find this option best if you are on a tight time frame and need to save a couple of weeks.  

I actually have three couples sharing rooms that have their own private bathrooms.

Once you've done that for a couple years, you should have an emergency fund and the money for a downpayment.

That's why we require clients to spend a couple days with us in Milwaukee up front, so we can get on the same page and determine an asset quality.Hint: the hood looks much better on a spreadsheet than up close in person.

The city also confirms if the utilities have capacity which they do.Its a simple case of NIMBYs having a huge voice in this jurisdiction. you are doing everything right. just file a couple lawsuits get a good lawyer and keep going. 

I can share what I have learned the last couple of years of doing this.

Being that rates are up it's another way to offer exatly what you mentioned; the chance to own for a couple hundred bucks more than renting.Thoughts?

Nothing wrong with only a couple of properties that print money.Side note: I was a mech Engineer in Winnipeg before I switched to being a Realtor and I was making $73k as an EIT so you should definitely be getting paid more.

We are wrapping up our move over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly if you are doing STR I would suggest doing Austin itself rather than all the way out there in Kyle - maybe a couple of years ago when the prices were through the roof in Austin city itself this would be a good alternative but there is a blip right now where you can get a god entry point in Austin (downtown/east ideally) for STR