I am 35 and the owner of a 1000sqft 2 bed 1 bath starter home that I bought for 150,000k in 2020 at 2.75% interest rate. 

Some like buying a tax lien can be done for as little as $500 (although easier said then done).You can wholesale properties of get a fee for being a bird dog and referring deals to other investors.

Builder's save people like me a lot of time and they earn their fees. 

(Urban, suburbs, rural) What population sizes and growth rates?

I recently cold called a list of approximately 500 pre-foreclosure properties and had a much lower answer rate than I normally have.

Mortgage rates just dropped a little bit in the last two weeks also. 

The housing market in Corpus has cooled since last year when interest rates spiked.

@Peston Parsard not sure if enough viewers will note & care about free internet and pay more in rent.Regarding the MLS listing, going to guess your PMC isn't charging you a Placement Fee equal to one month of rent?

With these interest rates, if you can find a house hack situation that you are paying the same, slightly less, or I'd argue even slightly more, then I think it can be worth it for these reasons.1) You will get to live in your preferred location.

As interest rates drop, house prices will go higher.