They have been super hot right for some of the investors that I have come across.The smart investors are covering (or even making more profit on top of) their holding period monthly/annual expenses (mortgage, property taxes, maintenance, etc.) by renting out the property as a short-term rental (more information here in this utlimate guide to short-term rentals that I recently helped collaborate on with some other professionals in the industry) while biding their time for the market to rise as Millennials and Empty-Nest Boomers continue to spike prices as they flock into theses cities in droves.

Industry was not driven out.

If that means you need to pick up a part time or even full time, then fine, but if you continue to learn and be consistent with your efforts in real estate, they will pay off and the payoff is much larger than most industries.  

My standing orders are to spend no more money (because investor 1 needs to approve big expenses) with the option to cancel the original agreement and buy out the house for cash.Big issues outstanding: $2-3k driveway asphalt replacement, $2-6k HVAC repair or replacement, $1-3k plumbing and gas line permitting issues, $1k in washer and dryer appliances (assuming we install any), 1-2k in misc cosmetics (landscaping, staging etc.)WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

The real estate industry is super slow to adapt to tech trends.

For example, I have an asphalt project coming up that I know will not take my contractor 2 hours with 4 guys plus a mobilization fee, I pickup the phone, ask them "What is your minimum price for a 150sf 4" asphalt patching, compacted and slurried in 91789 zip, this is classified as service call" the estimator over the phone says "$1,200", I could get 5 bids in 30 mins, or I could simply go with that because I have a 1,500 budget.

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The area was devastated from Oil & Gas downturn back then.Today's Houston looks nothing like that. 25 years of drawing other industries into the state of Texas has left us with an economy & population that Brookings Institute said was the 2nd largest growth area over the last decade (San Jose was #1) in the nation. 

This industry is more about knowing the mechanics and rules of appraisals, lending, taxes deprecation, and other processes to create value, more than anything else.

My issue is, I am a student, graduating in May currently working in the mortgage industry.