Austin and the surrounding areas (Cedar Park, Round Rock, San Marcos) offer lots of opportunities for rental  properties, and offer great places to visit.

Much of the following depends on your capabilities and cash position, but I've always given people the advice to buy their first home with a 'safe' outlook with regards to appreciation, and schools.I don't know where you are at in life - if you've already made your first purchase, etc - but so far so good on those that have taken my advice.I think later on in life, if someone so desires and/or has the knack, is when it's appropriate to get into what a lot of folks on these forums do - the more aggressive projects where there's more money to be made.This is a round about answer but yes it's possible. 

Such a different tone in round 2.

Dont try to stuff a square peg in a round hole.

I was using current income taxes reported by the country appraisers website and divided it into a monthly answer and rounded a little over (single digits) to be conservative. 

Looking for a good smaller REI Knowledge CPA in the Round Rock TX are.

Hello - We were scheduled to tour a property last Saturday morning. When we got there our agent informed us that an offer had been made on it the previous day and the seller was holding off on responding to it so that...

Hi Everyone,I have a client interested in building a new home on a private lot(not in a subdivision) he's married to the idea of staying in a specific location, so buying in to a new development is out the questions for him.I am looking for a builder in the area who can help guide me through the process he has the lot chosen and we confirmed with planning and development that he can indeed build the home he wants now we are looking to find out how much it will cost to build.He's looking to build2 Story home*4 to 6 Beds3 to 4.5 2,600 - 3,200 sq. ft3 Car Garage*round drive wayis looking to pay cash to buildPlease let me know if this is something you can help me with.

And I’m sure I can round up another 5 or 10 from family.

Additionally, I do not have a well-established team and trying to make a square peg go into a round hole is not good business.