I'm not making a buck off this, it is something I've wanted to do for a while, I want to do right, and I want it to be completely free because I couldn't even afford new shoes when I was getting started. 

I was in similar shoes, I was in engineering as a major, switched tracks completely cause it was not at all what I wanted to do.

I have put myself in their shoes and I get where they are coming from.

The Houston Real Estate market rose to record territory in June, as we saw the greatest one-month sales volume of all time and sent average and median prices to new highsIf want to see full report, here you https://www.har.com/content/newsroom?

What would you do differently if you were in my shoes?

It's not all roses and sunshine. 

If I were personally in your friend's shoes, I would not add your name onto the title in case there is any sort of dispute.

Look for any partial beds or partial shoes sitting around. 

You can buy affordable, rent it, break a little more than even, pray you get good tenants that stay a decade and then see how much the value of the property rose, then you can dress it up and sell it for a profit.

https://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in June Single-family home sales rose 1.8 percent year-over-year, with 8,518 units sold, the largest one-month sales volume of all time;Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes declined from 50 to 48 days;Total property sales reached record levels, rising 1.7 percent, with 10,115 units sold – the first time that number has broken the 10-thousand mark;Total dollar volume increased 6.6 percent to slightly more than $3 billion;The single-family home median price rose 2.6 percent to $245,000, reaching an all-time high;The single-family home average price increased 4.3 percent to a record high of $316,463;Single-family homes months of inventory was at a 4.1-months supply, the highest level since last August and equal to the national inventory level;Townhome/condominium sales rose 4.9 percent, with the average price down 1.7 percent to $211,050 and the median price down 4.1 percent to $163,000;Leases of single-family homes climbed 4.7 percent with the average rent up 3.9 percent to $1,877;Volume of townhome/condominium leases fell 4.2 percent with the average rent up 6.7 percent to $1,662.