And the powerful strategy of house hacking is most accessible with w-2 income. 

Its offers powerful cashflow and there are a lot of business/services that can help you with that. 

You can lose spending power to inflation but you can lose your shirt elsewhere.

Your income will go a long way for you with your buying power when qualifying for your FHA loans.With closing costs and everything, if its not a major fixer, 75k is probably a safe budget to play with.

It snowballs quickly and before you know it you've paid off the property in 5 years, or completely recharged your buying power, however you view it.One thing, if you haven't found a first lien HELOC, go get that instead.

This is a great place to learn and network.The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

The purpose of this post is to find the tools to maximize efforts.

The one issue I have with Houston is that it's  geographically located in a region that in the future, will most likely see more powerful and frequent hurricanes and flooding due to climate change / global warming.

@Marcus Holloway Generational wealth is a powerful "why" It's definitely part of my why.

The most powerful ongoing strategy I've seen (and used myself) is a combination of sec 121 and sec 1031.  1031 is for the sale and repositioning of investment real estate.