As for underwater, never fully trust info from third party sites.

Hopefully this post makes some sense..Stuff about me:I'm about 75% finished with the BiggerPocket's "The Book On Rental Property Investing" (that blue book) and have listened/read quite a few of the resources on this site. 

Just wanted to give a shout out to any Austin, TX or central TX residents on the site!

They’re usually a duplex with illegal basement units.Most of the strategies I have been reading have been relying on assuming the illegal units will be rented, which I would like to stay away from if possible.

Kelvin, Welcome to the site.

welcome to bigger pockets @Faheem B. stay active on the site, it is a great tool for all levels of investing.  

I am a broker and I only work in Commercial and yet DAILY on these forums I am in AWE at the way some of you interact both on this site as well as out there in the big world!!!

I am still wanting to do real estate investing but now I will have to find another group or something to get the information and group support I need, so if anyone's out there who has these, please let me know by replying to this post and I would be happy to move to another string to talk with people on this site.

@Fradel Schaechter I started listening to the podcast last week, that's how I found out about this site.

The sellers have done all of the site prep and have paid for building plans that maximize the allowed footprint on the lot.