I plan on moving to Houston after 1 or 2 years of working, depending on if my real estate investing pops off enough; During this time I will be starting my house flipping journey.Would it make sense for me to buy a house and do a live in flip in such a short time frame?

I don’t think this will help you out that much, but I think STRs would probably do better the closer they are to the casinos.  

I am a new  investor in the Houston area, coming over from Louisville, KY.

@Martin AlonsoI recommend you consider Houston, TX!

Dallas, Houston, Austin etc.

We're in Louisville and have investment properties in Boulder, OH, and Houston.

We don’t have any knowledge about rental property, so we want to look for good property management agent in Houston area.

I am a former Real Estate Investor, my health was in question for about 4 years, and I have lucky and blessed to finally start to get back into the Game, I have never had any experience in apartment complex investing, my family have managed units for more than 30 years, that was my mother and she is not here anymore...in talking to the owner of the Complex, I see he doesn't have the effective managerial experience to do the job well enough, and the units are becoming deplorable, he has a gold mine, because where the units sit, right now the units, sit maybe within a mile to two major universities, one being UOH, that would be the University of Houston, and the next would be TSU, and that would be Texas Southern University, not ivy league, but top Universities, and the area supports it with what it cost to live in this area, that being said....He wants a ridiculous amount, for the units, but there are not cash flowing like they should, under managed, so we talk about a sale, and he is willing to sell, but I will need a strong partner to make this happen....Love to talk more to someone that has high net worth that could bring equity to turn these around....I have Commercial Financing that wants to paly, but I am not strong enough, with a a capital partner...Anyone?

You may consider Houston or Austin as an alternative to DFW, but my suggestion would be to keep it close to home so that you can more easily manage the property.Good luck!

Hey @Grady Dennis It's a bit harder to find a lender for rental properties since most loans are meant to help the purchase of the home, but if you go with a hard money lender, you might be able to offset the interest those have with just flipping the home instead and selling it instead of renting it out, and then use that money to purchase another property on a conventional loan to rent out instead, just some insight with some clients I've helped out in the Houston area, Wish you success!