The profile of the typical Houston traveler is someone coming in for work.

Typically, higher income areas have lower crime, more amenities, better schools.  

Typically the higher RE cost market will have the better cash flow (excluding an extract of value) over a long hold.  

We have regular evictions at this scale and they typically will take a few months up to six or seven months if the tenant contest/hires an attorney.

Heloc’s are best utilized with a short term strategy, ie flx and flip, to BRRRR, etc.

You're marking the equities to most recent returns, the reality is a real estate investment to live in is a guaranteed rate of return and serves utility. 

@Zach Howard some copy & paste advice below:)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

I researched commercial construction careers, and found a construction degree is typically required.

For example, a buyer putting 20% down on a $500k home would pay around $500k in interest over the 30-year life of a typical mortgage at a rate around 6.5%.

DSCR loans typically take 21 days to close.