I'm talking about dividend paying stocks such as Google, Apple or Microsoft.

Is it only available for apple?

I use a mobile app called OKUPIED, which I think is only available on the Apple Store, but compared to all other ones I have tried it is by far the simplest to use and their support is on point when you need something. 

I do have one tenant that requested to use Apple Pay so I set up an account and it is very similar to Venmo..

Perhaps, in the very distant future but San Antonio is still in TX, a state with very landlord-friendly laws, which indirectly affects rent growth, so I'm not quite sure it is an apples-to-apples comparison unless I'm not following your point.

It is your primary personal residence,  so it's apples to oranges if you were to compare it as a purely investment (investments are only based on numbers).I ask the following questions to my clients who are young families like yours: 1.

I have a very good job at Apple, me wanting to invest in real estate will be more of a second job than anything.

I would do some serious research on Texas a&m real estate center website to see a true apples to apples comparison of markets, if I were you. 

@Nandy B.In 1998 I bought a small farm property with a main house, barn, several outbuildings, and a double-wide trailer that was like new and unused.

I could give my son an apple or an apple tree.