The median price for Austin-area homes was $219,530, which is 10 percent more than the same month in 2012.Cathy Coneway, 2013 President of the Austin Board of REALTORS­®, explained, “With strong activity across all segments of the market, the Austin-area housing market has been full steam ahead through the holidays and the rest of the year, Our city’s population and job growth show no signs of slowing down, so 2014 will likely be another competitive year for Austin real estate.”In November 2013, inventory remained at a historically low level of 2.3 months, which is more than half of a month less than November 2012.

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Your background will definitely help you and BP will get you the rest of the way.

As to your second question no I do not know the actual value of the property currently as I have not had an official appraisal.

As I dug down by the main cleanout at the front of the house I found that there was 6" clay pipe from the house to the road and cast the rest of the underground portion.

Thanksgiving was so late on the calender that there are less "official" shopping days.

Other than that, the rest of the advice on this thread seems spot on.

Glad you can make it on time, Aaron, since you are one of the official hosts.

I had a similar story last year but that is when I was adding another gas meter to the building to officially have one meter for each unit when I first bought it.

Just an update on this house.I went and looked at the house yesterday and had my agent give me real numbers $110k ARV, $950-$1100 rentShort version: I gently offered $70k, they declined and said they would hang on to it and keep trying.My evaluation:Seems like a nice neighborhood alot of older people, and decent incomes (assuming based of the vehicles in the driveways and landscaping)First thing I noticed as I pulled up was the house was an ugly color and inconveniently narrow driveway lolThe inside was actually very nice the kitchen was all new, (everything was cheap materials i.e. vinyl "tile" floor, formica countertops, nice big cabinets but no hardware) But the original hardwood throughout the rest of the house was very nice, bathroom looked new but again cheaper materials.