The major cons include high property taxes, difficulty finding positive cash flow (especially when using property management), and slow rent growth due to, among other things, rising supply of multifamily units being developed all around town.

Very briefly, Cedar Park's maturing real estate market is simply running out of available land to develop.

if Not, how long would one have to rent out the personal residence (treat as a rental and hence a like kind) in order to then qualify as "like kind" for an exchange.My dad has a house in suburbs of Boston and isnt selling soon but would be good to know how to dispo if he wants to do a 1031 eventually...Any help from the BP congoscienti would be fantastic.Thanks in advance.

You'd have to work with a developer on the specifics.

I think density will slowly improve with changes to zoning allowing more multi family development in the urban core.

I have been frustrated since we always have acquisitions, full scale value add renovations and day to day management my current awesome hard working employees simply do not have time to work on business development, cold calling, networking etc.  

So far we have acquired 7 single family homes and a 6 plex but we are quickly realizing that if we are to scale to where I can eventually replace my income, we need to do this on a much larger scale.  

Our realtor their did mention that the students often stay in the newer developments closer to the school verses the downtown area.

It took more than one conversation, but eventually, we came to an agreement -- their property is their property, and my property is my property.In another situation in  a small town 30 miles away, a similar problem cropped up a decade ago. 

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