Right now I am a full-time electrician and my wife is in the army so I don't have a tremendous amount of time to spare at a moment's notice, but real estate has always been a passion of mine I've been on the bigger pockets forums and podcasts business books real estate books just obsessively studying about all of it for the last two years and I'm getting to the point where I'm ready to transition into it.

Development is booming and the landscape studded with impactful projects: Apple is building a $1 billion North Austin campus; a multideveloper transit-oriented development is underway near downtown on Lady Bird Lake; the new Dell Medical School recently opened at the University of Texas; and a major airport expansion is underway.

Right now I am a full-time electrician and my wife is in the army so I don't have a tremendous amount of time to spare at a moment's notice, but real estate has always been a passion of mine I've been on the bigger pockets forums and podcasts business books real estate books just obsessively studying about all of it for the last two years and I'm getting to the point where I'm ready to transition into it.

I will transition to luxury vinyl plank.

Here's the list:(A) rezone for densities necessary to assure the production of moderate income housing;(B) facilitate the rehabilitation or expansion of infrastructure that will encourage the construction of moderate income housing;(C) [encourage] facilitate the rehabilitation of existing uninhabitable housing stock into moderate income housing;(D) consider general fund subsidies or other sources of revenue to waive construction related fees that are otherwise generally imposed by the city;(E) create or allow for, and reduce regulations related to, accessory dwelling units in residential zones;(F) allow for higher density or moderate income residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones, commercial centers, or employment centers;(G) encourage higher density or moderate income residential development near major transit investment corridors;(H) eliminate or reduce parking requirements for residential development where a resident is less likely to rely on the resident's own vehicle, such as residential development near major transit investment corridors or senior living facilities;(I) allow for single room occupancy developments;(J) implement zoning incentives for low to moderate income units in new developments;(K) utilize strategies that preserve subsidized low to moderate income units on a long-term basis;(L) preserve existing moderate income housing;(M) reduce impact fees, as defined in Section 11-36a-102, related to low and moderate income housing;(N) participate in a community land trust program for low or moderate income housing;(O) implement a mortgage assistance program for employees of the municipality or of an employer that provides contracted services to the municipality;(P) apply for or partner with an entity that applies for state or federal funds or tax incentives to promote the construction of moderate income housing;(Q) apply for or partner with an entity that applies for programs offered by the Utah Housing Corporation within that agency's funding capacity;(R) apply for or partner with an entity that applies for affordable housing programs administered by the Department of Workforce Services;(S) apply for or partner with an entity that applies for programs administered by an association of governments established by an interlocal agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act[.]

Plus, condos are generally easier to manage, giving you a nice transition from renting into home ownership. 

A lot of great options out there for self-managing if you decide to go that route instead; aside from providing the basics (listing, tenant screening, digital lease creation, rent collection, and maintenance tracking) some services also offer your tenants additional capabilities which makes it an easier sell on your end when getting them to transition over (ie. their ability to report on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus).

So you do start to shed a little of the mortgage risk when you transition to a DST.

Then they tell you how slow everything is to reduce your expectations and make it easier to convince you to lower your price to sell quicker and easier.In fairness, its not always easy to know as things transition.

If you can find a deal in areas that are still transitioning such as West Side, Bergen Lafayette, and Greenville then you may have some success house hacking.