You can also just enjoy the fantasy of investing and never take the risks.

Factors like real estate trends, property taxes, and competition also play a role.

@Ramada Evans- 1) if buying as a rental and  financing it - your down payment will need to be a min of  15% of the  purchase price   ( so thats either  30,750 at 205K price or 32,850 at the 219K price ...so  not much of a down payment  difference   2) if it appears that there isnt much competition  or interest in theproperty - the lower price might be OK   3)  you might also consider   asking the seller for a seller  credit you can use towards some of your loan costs   4) get pre approved  if you arent already pre approved 

If you are thinking Texas, the problem is so is everyone else, so your competition is much higher and unless your property is special, you can only compete on price.I hope this helps.

The culture in our office is very supportive and promotes work/life balance, while still being competitive.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s  a marketing gimmick to get potential borrowers through the door through  weirdly worded non recourse language that is effectively recourse or by offering such terrible leverage borrowers would rather have the recourse and competitive terms. 

Competition- for the same type and price point are there any new locations coming in board.5.  

So we raise em, train em and condition em, in a complete fantasy realm where all you have to do is want, nobody ever "fails", anything that hurts feelings is swiftly removed from existence and all of life is padded corners and warm-fuzzies..... 

Clearly there is a lot of competition in the Dallas market.

It really depends on location, quality of home features, amount of privacy for renters/members, and competition.