There is a lot of professional (paid) research you can subscribe as well.Austin is pretty extreme, I believe it had the single highest increase in home values YTD in the US, about double from the national average of 21%.

I am just getting started and imagine that it will be extremely difficult to get sellers to fill complete an 18 page contract just to agree on a sale price.  

@Milton Carrillo changing the building from a two family to a three family would be considered a “change of use” which would trigger new construction standards, which are sprinklers.

I am an extreme beginner that lives in Shreveport/Bossier, LA.

That is extremely helpful and I would love to chat more.

The safer route is to continue as you have been doing, however, if you are willing to network with a lot of United States investors, maybe you would be able to find someone that you could partner with on a few deals.I would be cautious if you plan on buying anything in New York going forward, the recent laws that were passed have been extremely tenant friendly, and have made getting rid of non-paying tenants several times harder and longer than the previous process. 

The learning  will then accelerate like crazy after pulling the trigger.

I didn't really know much about them until listening to the vets describe the product as well as the returns. 2 weeks after listening to those 3 podcasts I am annalyzing a deal 40 mins from my home in Norman, OK and if everything looks good I'm gonna pull the trigger.

I'll follow this thread since I'd like to pull the trigger on an NH purchase also!  

It's extremely common for people to say their credit score is in the tank because of a divorce and that's partially true but nobody goes from 750 to a 550 without some serious problems and I'm not going to accept the divorce excuse.