HOWDY YALLGarGus it sounds like the Austin area is making a good comeback or at least the start of one.I remember when I took my ABR over there everyone was dealing with contract wars and then the high tech crash came.BCS is still riding the wave and building is going on everywhere.Especially in the commercial arena.Land has gone up steadily which has escalated prices but this area is still undervalued compared to most of the places folks are coming from.It is common to see people buying with a good chunk left over from their out of state sales proceeds.Investors in rental properties are not as happy as they once were as the escalated prices are making it hard to get a good return without putting more in.The junker market has alot of inventory for those that rehab.Some Ive seen as low as 22000.The lots are usually good size.(10000 sq ft and bigger).Locations most of the time are iffy.High end rehabs are coming into the picture more now.Wealthy College kids live in and trash expensive homes that their folks buy and then wind up selling them cheap to cut their losses.Ilove this country.Well im off to NYC for 2 weeks of R&R with the family.Hope yall write a bunch of clean deals while I'm gone.Adios.Jennysh thanks for the website on your condo hotel its a beauty!

I've no idea how strict they are, sometimes companies advertise what they what they are ideally looking for, not what they would necessarily accept in an applicant.

While there is a lot of business out there, remember networking is key.

Unless you can get a house for $0.50 on the dollar there.... don't bother.PlanoPlano is the ideal place to have a house to rehab and sell.

We have several credit cards which could be used for some rehab funding, but that would only be ideal with a flip so we could pay them off with the profits quickly- not a rental situation.If we were to get a home for $140K, what would be your approach.

Remember Realtors are STRAIGHT COMMISSION.

Of course ideally, he would want to list AND find the buyer.

Remember, it's a two way interview process.

(ideally)Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

there were a few he recommended but i can't remember who they were.