A great one-stop shop vehicle which can be used by any land lord.Welcome to Richmond!

If she's  lived in the house for that long it could end up that all or most of that 600k would be tax free.Then take her shopping for two 300k properties for cash and they live in one unit.

I'm excited to be in a local market when it appears that prices aren't crazily high and, judging by the new place I've rented the rental prices are quite high compared to the buying price (when comparing to London or Australia of course) so there should be some decent yields out there.I'm new to property in general also so have been blitzing through some podcasts and books and hope to have better knowledge by the time my credit rating has a chance to build over a year or so.In addition to the above education it would great to get some Houston specific information so if anyone can share some good links for reading up, any charts/graphs of historic house prices, area guide links, work out if prices/yields here are currently perceived to be high/low or anything in general you feel would be a help.Differences for me coming from the UK would be that public transport links are very important when deciding where to invest, where as here it doesn't seem to have much relevance as everyone drives but I imagine other fundamentals like Jobs, schools, shops, non-flood areas are still as important.

However I can not imagine it takes that kind of money to open for example a local sandwich or ice cream shop in a city where rent would be say $2500 - $4000 on average for prime locations, in my size requiremnts. 

I recently shopped local banks and they asked for 2 year tax returns and bank statements in lieu of W2s.

@Deanna McCormick your just a 1 stop shop!!!

This entails sufficiently sanding/scuffing ALL the surfaces being painted... a very tedious, time-consuming process on raised-panel doors.Or, you could remove the doors and drawers, take them to a furniture refinisher or cabinet shop, and have them prepped or stripped (a lot of these shops have strip tanks which makes the process easy).

Such as when you walk into a chain restaurant or shop a retailer anywhere in the US you will receive similar service.Facebook Marketplace can work because you cut out the middleman agents—the matchmakers.

If you like the idea of living in a newer more modern home, like to be close to shopping and major restaurants, something more east may be best.

After the flooding I am starting to shop around for a contractor to install the sheet-rock.