When a room is empty for a night, its a total dead weight loss.

Often, the smartest guy in the room has his mouth closed.

If you can rent a room and make enough to cover or even exceed your own housing expenses, you're way ahead of most people!

Hello Chris, to give myself some wiggle room. 

@Missy Longshore For ADU's and the additional room for the flip,  you have to check with the city's zoning requirements.

He’d like me to proceed in investigating this option...Thank you for all who are able to help...Park: $650k18 pads , 13 owned homes, room for expansion.

If you are still on a small scale, find room in your attic, garage, basement, etc.

They'll even say "for the first N people at the back of the room, oh it looks like some people are already heading there now"I would strongly recommend, even if they've "sold" you on the value of something, at the very least sleep on it, wait at least 24 hours.

You could also AirBnB rooms out of your home if you wanted a SFR closer in to central Austin.

The maintenance on a properly installed HVAC system really isn't all that much on the grand scheme of things if you factor it into your maintenance budget each month.