He said that the population around the interstate was currently too sparse for their requirements.

Real estate over the long run as always appreciated in value especially when you're investing in good areas with population growth and low unemployment.

Trying to get mls access which my friend who's a Realtor should be able to help me out with.I am also trying to read and drive through the city itself to get a better feel of the city and trying to find out if the cities population is growing or not.

That right there has saved at least 8 10 showings i can remeber.I may be be lucky being Houston TX with an area population over 3 mil.

Austin is expensive for renters and will always have a student population in search of housing.

So I started setting up business entities, banks, rental properties, jobs, long term liabilities, vendors and customers and populating everything with data.

Of course there's a reason – continuous population loss going as far back as the 1960s.I know not to expect appreciation.

What I like about the area is the affordability of SFHs and our large rental population - which I suspect will only grow.

Memphis statistics show that close to 45% of our population are renters so credit score is not a major factor when screening tenants here.  

Population predictions show Texas doubling in population over the next 25 years.