By all means, still use your dad as a resource, but you mentioned yourself that he's failed at his attempts and it also sounds as though he's a bit unsure as to how to proceed.

I drove around my neighborhood and found a few properties that are FSBO. I have reached out to all of them and so far only one has called me back. I am going tomorrow to view the property but I just wanted some clarif...

My goal for now is to learn as much as I can before I attempt to find a good deal to house hack in the austin area.  

Without buyers, you shouldn't even attempt to flip something. 

I'm not an engineer but I don't understand why you would want to attempt it.  

I was in the process of attempting to set up a Google Voice voicemail number with my business Google account when I ran into an issue: Google wants an actual existing phone number before creating a Google Voice number BUT they don't allow that first required number to be a Project Fi number (I imagine because the Project Fi number is really just another Google Voice number in disguise).Now, if you're still following (God bless you because I tend to ramble)...I don't want to use someone else's phone number because the only way to remotely access the Google Voice messages is via the verified existing phone number.As it turns out, there's a mobile app (I have android but I imagine it or something like it exists on iOS as well) called Sideline.

I have  attempted to both log in via my browser and the app on my phone and continually get the incorrect email and or password message.

Perhaps Detroit  will have a chance as it restructures.Los Angeles is a freeway nightmare from lack of commuting services - - we're still attempting to interconnect the rail and airports. 

You'll want to be careful to avoid the deferred stock as they're hard to lease & end up costing you more than they're worth if you attempt to bring them out of slum condition.  

I am not going to name the site right now as I am giving them a final attempt to clean up their mess and yes it is a mess and  the mess has nothing to do with me, my credit or the property it has to do with them claiming my loan on the last day of the contract, and after the seller signed docs and I was on my way in with the check to tell me that something is not adding up and the loan had to be restructured.