I think your income easily justifies a common-sense, time-proven method: increase earnings, reduce expenses, save, and invest.

Hi Gavin,This is fairly common, and it’s great that you’re thinking ahead about how to handle utilities responsibly.

Problem was it's a common perk for Chinese restaurants to provide lower paid staff with room and board, and without the upstairs apartment, renting an apartment in nearby towns for staff is a problem with rooming house regulations beside a major expense.

And then do it again.It is actually possible to have a super experienced General Contractor, a very deep pockets money partner, and still lose money on a flip.The most common reason, in my experience, is having a project run over schedule and placing the property on the market during the off-season.

Unfortunately this is very common with tenants.

I am told that foundation problems are common in this part of Austin.

This is very common with local banks and credit unions - they dont have the infrastructure or volume to sell into the secondary market and simply choose not to offer those products in their business model. 

Now its pretty common and most printing companies that do investor mailers have this as an option.

I suggest finding people with whom you have some type of mutual connection (e.g. know people in common, the property is in an area/neighbor where you know someone lives/grew up). 

This can be cap ex to the building's common elements or cosmetic like a new lobby that you as a landlord may not view as a worthwhile investment but the owner occupants may.