Here are basic stats on single-family home sales for July 2019 for the City of Austin and the greater Austin area:Here's an recent study of housing affordability in 130 US metro areas, including Austin (pic below).

We have been studying for awhile since we found BP but i realized i never made a formal introduction!

So comparing X% from stock market, which is ordinary income taxed at your own W-2 tax rate, to Y% via real estate investing that may potentially result in active or passive income/loss taxed at a much lower rate (keep in mind I'm generalizing here, as there could be various tax consequences.)Study the markets' behavior in the past and see how it can be applied moving forward.

Anyways, I’m still taking my time and studying the market (HOUSTON).

They studied the people who are doing it, read books, watched YouTube videos, networked and got after it.

I’ve made some major mistakes in the short time I’ve been studying real estate investing.

@Brant Richardson Thank you, I’ll try to listen to podcasts and read as many things as possible, ive already begun writing as many things down as possible and studying.

I would recommend studying on it, I highly suggest investing in the columbus market! 

I did a tenant screen check (cozy.com) on all 3 individuals that will be living in the property and everything checks out and they make a combined $5500 a month, they currently study and work.I’m not too crazy and the flip because there isn’t much equity to be made over spent on the rehab i think so I’m left with about 15-20k if it sells with the current price listed but doing a BRRRR may make more sense in this situation.

I have been studying for quite some time now and I finally have the confidence to take action.