It’s remarkable that the Austin metro’s pricing is nearly 40% higher than it was last year:Despite the incredible YoY increase in prices, the decline in closed and pending sales compared to this time last year suggest, in light of the previous month’s numbers, that the market has found a stabilization point and may be reverting to its more predictable seasonal behavior.

It's incredibly a sellers market right now, so it might be good to free up your VA entitlement and then sit for a little bit and see what happens.

If you are looking to invest into real estate, I have found this site to be incredibly helpful.

In that respect, longer term, I think the EM will have the exact opposite effect that the liberals intended (can you say negative unintended consequences). 

Local REI groups are incredibly helpful for the areas you're looking to invest.

Had I only done more homework, and broadened my perspective, I may have discovered that I could take my gain and invest it into a real estate syndication and reap incredible rewards.

Had I only done more homework, and broadened my perspective, I may have discovered that I could take my gain and invest it into a real estate syndication and reap incredible rewards.

You can also negotiate a preferred return which must be paid to you before they can collect any further fees.Private funds usually have the deepest network, incredible access to capital, strong deal flow, and experienced managers.

Failed putting the cash into another property via a 1031 (bidding against insanely rich people offering all cash is incredibly annoying).

This is a little bit of a moonshot because they're so incredibly new that only a few places are pushing into the market, but it's worth a shot trying to find someone who will make it.