However, active listings in Austin and the metro area were down by 27% and 26% respectively, continuing the recent downward trend.

We live in a disposable society, which is why a good tip is to look at a prospective tenant’s car interior...to see if they respect items of lasting value.

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What are your personal investment goals/tolerances w/respect to cash flow & risk?

Hey @Meredith Burt, glad you're looking into the OKC area.You have my utmost respect for taking care of 6 kids and doing real estate!

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He also used to work at a large respected property mngt company that manages 1000 properties. 

@Sandeep JainMy thought would be to form a partnership or a LLC with your friends as limited partners or just members, respectively.

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So, for this string, let me just keep my thoughts to one arena: mortgages.Even if the economy booms from pent up consumer demand for all kinds of goods and services, and experiences... even if real estate also seems to have a ton of pent up demand with a litany of buyers just ready to purchase real estate.... even if all that happens (totally different discussion as to whether that will even happen), there is trouble on the horizon with respect to mortgages.We are already seeing a lackluster interest in mortgage backed securities.