Something like a live in flip or rent by the room house hack on a single family home in a neighborhood like Montrose, Museum district, or Rice Village.  

PM me, as I am also interested in the relevance to Rice as your last name.

Great property @Evan Rice !

After that you're looking at Museum District, Montrose & the Heights and after that you got Rice Military in Houston.

The interview process was conducted by someone named Matt Rice.

Here are some quotes from a recent Austin Business Journal article:Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business, said, “As long as there is not a major economic disruption (nationwide), Austin is going to be at the head of the pack.

Maybe a guest gift of hot chocolate, wild rice and smore supplies.

I agree with the idea of letting them stay, adding the pet deposit and socking the money away because in the end, this can be a challenge to take care of the odor.On the other hand, if the contractor is not used to cats even one dirty litter box can cause a significant ammonia odor (cats consume a very high protein diet and thus produce a high urea content urine).  

Thank you @Nick Rice

@Nick Rice sorry for confusion.