You need to get a good paying job and after saving/working for two years if you have sufficient funds for a DP you then approach a bank for a loan.To be a investor you must have cash, employment and a high credit score.

Yes, TOT is common in most counties and guest do not have trouble paying for it, it's the same tax they have to pay when they stay at a hotel.   

It is funny that the state requires you to have one if you are employing someone, but make it so difficult to achieve.

Hi,    I have an LLC I can run income through, in years past I have never "paid" myself a management fee for self managing our rental properties as I had never wanted to pay the additional self employment tax. 

Duplexes in Taylor, Texas (40 min from downtown Austin and less to the Domain, Round Rock, and major employers like Apple, Dell, Samsung, and others) run as low as $150,000.

If financing @ 20% down is the more common option during low interest, should I roll closing costs and any repair bids into an escrow account?

Responsible tax firms employ the strongest protection available today.

I don't see how HOA fits into this but perhaps this pole is in a common area of the development which is maintained by the association?

Get a hold of their nursing/employment assignment contract in case they try to pull a fast one on you and just squat or claim tenants rights.

If it's not common to have termites, I might skip it