It's like comparing a wide, stable & safe pontoon, to a speedboat. 

I suppose, though, that most people search on phones and the search results are more important on those devices.

Stay safe out there!

Texas is affordable, but we are seeing supply increase and demand decrease.Sales are down 8% YOY and average time on market is up 35% YOY.Prices the past 3 months have been slashed pretty substantially.Be safe, invest smart.

And then, we go into an inflationary market and all of a sudden everyone is asking what to do..... if real estate is safe.....

While no properties actually flooded, the entire area was a disaster - roads destroyed, rescues, loss of power, and loss of safe drinking water than lasted for two weeks.  

If you are focused on getting multiple assets at once, consider this:1. you really don't have enough available capital to do this safely right now and you will buy cash flow properties with cap ex which you will need reserves for2. you need $15-20k in reserves for each property you buy so factor that in3. when you try to buy multiple properties to start, you end up missing the mark on your first one because you are collecting and not curating your portfolio

What markets are best/safe for young family that will also have strong future/current rental potential.

We can sometimes find houses built in the 60s-80s with these ratios but never new construction and definitely not in safe locations.

I work also in sales and my income is not stable so even more important to have safe ratio, I have some clients with very stable corporate jobs and they are able to use even more leverage and go more for high total return.