Well I currently am crashing at my parents house in Sugar Land until I can find a place of my own.

My parents lived here in the 70's, and I always loved Austin. 

I grew up in Mississippi where my parents had several rental houses.

Though, the rentals in Fort Worth are still a possibility, since my parents live in Fort Worth.

Don't believe anything they say or write, get their parents to co-sign and screen the parents just like a tenant.

We have used mostly interest free loans from our parents (20k), a 25k personal bank loan at 6.5% for 60m, our own cash (25k), and now we are looking at putting the rest on credit cards with cash advances (0% interest for 15m).   

Most parents buy condos for their kids and not houses. 

Hello dear gurus,I bought a property in California in a 50+ community for my elderly parents about 5 months ago. 

To tell the truth, we haven't pumped ours in 6 years and my parents never had to do theirs in 20+ years. 

I have owned a condo under my parents name and sold that several years ago and finally bought my own investment with my fiance.