My advice when looking at a house hack is to not get too in the weeds on how the property or building performs compared to other properties in the area, but rather view it from the lens of what it will do your personal finances and the impact it will have on your personal cost of living.  

If you can't keep control of your personal finances, you are highly unlikely to succeed in real estate investing.

I invested in 7 syndication funds in 2023 as a limited partner with the expectation that I would generate first year losses from cost segregation that I could use to offset my gains on my personal real estate investments (self storage). 

No there is still one person living there right now. 

Typically that's the roll of a business broker vs real estate agent, although sometimes one person does both.   

You don't want a person living in a place with that in the basement.

You may know this already, but out-of-state investors are also sometimes surprised by Texas’ “high” property tax rate (but no personal income tax).  

Hoping to start flipping homes personally as well! 

Love hearing about the personal goals as well!

However, the value of your labor generally cannot be included in the cost basis for depreciation purposes.Accelerated Depreciation: A cost segregation study would identify components of your property that can be depreciated over shorter periods, such as personal property and land improvements.