Lets call that the :( side.2) And there is the happy side... passive income (syndications, passive partnerships ie medical/dentist offices) and passive losses (depreciation, bonus depreciation via cost segregations common in syndications).

Medical?  

Maybe refinance, but not sell.Morbid story; When we were living in the San Mateo condo, every time the ambulance arrived at our complex, several potential buyers would follow the medics to see which property it was.

From a landlord under Los Angeles rent control and the medical marijuana law, just in case anyone has a problem with Section 8 tenants and marijuana ...

Today that 26% knows where to find guns, drugs, government money, legal aid, medical care, food, shelter, concert tickets, and so on.Man, where are your priorities???

My home is also not too far from the Medical Center, University of Houston, or the George R.

We don't want to see any 36 hour weeks on those paystubs.Stereotype in the mortgage industry: medical/dental employers are horrible at verifying employment, they like to volunteer information that isn't requested or necessary, they can't do math, they want to tell convoluted stories compensation structure when all we want to hear is ">40 hours, $X/hour, yes she still works here, I'm done talking now, [click]" to check our Fannie Mae box in the simplest way possible, or even worse they have verifications of employment outsourced to some call center in India that turns your comp plan into the epic Hindu saga Ramayana, etc.

That is the cost of payroll benefits (WC, medical, vacation, sick pay, etc).

Let's also see which allows you to work on your business verses in your business.FlippingThis is much like raising cattle for slaughter, a great deal of effort goes into feeding, medical care, housing the cow.  

Austin does have positive cash flow investments but with a solid 50 year history of slow and steady appreciation along with huge job growth still to come with major firms like Amazon, Oracle, and a enormous UT Medical Research Center that will bring tens of thousands of new jobs, the future is very bright and some of the prices reflect that potential growth.