I know that probably won’t happen with COVID and all but, like I said, that’s the ideal scenario.Runner up to the ideal scenario would be that this post will strap a SpaceX rocket to its back and I will get tons of feedback from people on to their 4th, 40th, 400th deal.

I expect that rates will level out and home prices will go down but it is difficult to predict anything with certainty because of the effects of COVID.

Regardless of what your lease says you are going to have difficulty evicting someone in today's Covid conflicted climate.

I would hate to buy a property in CA and have it be a disaster with my tenants due to them not having to pay rents in CA because of COVID.

Has it been more difficult being new to real estate with COVID-19 restrictions to build connections and find mentors? 

Has it been more difficult being new to real estate with COVID-19 restrictions to build connections and find mentors? 

I was fearful of the market taking due to Covid, the election, and an inability to evict renters due to Austin ordinances.

Sure it suffered due to COVID, but you want to buy when there is distress.

Adam is right to say estimate conservatively, but the good news is if you use covid rent numbers in your underwriting, you should be quite safe.Given your current rent, you should be able to make this work.

. -- Lastly, does anyone have any insight on how lenders are currently treating individuals who have been out of work and have lower reported income due to covid?