Quote from @Donald Hatter: Quote from @Shafi Noss: I am interested in building rentable SFHs in Houston.

Purchase price: $360,000 Cash invested: $96,000 Purchased my first investment property in summer 2017 while living in SF, a new construction home intended as a long-term buy-and-hold.

just looked at their website.. just a company buying land in very common markets were there are thousands of vacant lots ..

That has gone smoothly with the exception of one unit that I have my disabled brother living in.

this is a specific need you have and maybe there are attorneys here on BP in NY that can help, but having worked with jurisdictions before - with it being early december - these officials do not move very quickly so hopes of closing before year end could be complicated.

I purchased my first two multi-unit properties using data and they've doubled in value in 5 years simply because my metric was population growth and movement. 3.

The Bigger Pockets community and podcast has been a major resource and mentor in helping me learn the ropes of real estate investing. 

I have a rental agent in charge already established and started the rental registration, but am I really needing to wait up to 2 months to get a tenant in there?

Major renos in Orleans can be tough though.

I would vote bookshelf, since in long term rentals, typically, you want the least amount of things you will need to fix, as possible.If short term rental, than Murphey bed would be my vote, typically.