Furthermore, while I can't say for certain, I believe many individuals are purely speculating on the market and assuming housing will continue to appreciate.

If the seller is unhappy and can document that the agent has not been acting in their best interest, they might be able to get something done...this is pure speculation. 

First and foremost, by HML are referring to a short term / pure Hard Money Lender?

Potentially doing a profit share with the land owner or a pure ground lease. 

There might have been a storefront unit at some point but it's now setup as a pure residential unit.

This does not account for appreciation of course, purely a cash on cash (CCR) and ROI analysis here.  

More construction tied to Elon Musk planned south of Tesla's Austin-area factoryNew public filings indicate $11M warehouse may rise just across Colorado RiverImportant to note this is a separate project from the Gigafactory, the recently announced 'Project Cathode" which aims to produce batteries, and the mysterious 'Project Bobcat' which has not released additional details since filing last year.  

Add guys wearing sandwich board with the deadbeats' faces on them front and back roaming the street, shouting their names out with battery-powered bullhorns.If it worked, that is, but it's doesn't seem to be doing the trick.

You mount that thing in front of the main outside door, invest in some batteries, and you're golden with all in about a hundred and twenty dollars.

As others have stated, Austin is a very hard market to cashflow purely with a purchase.