We originally rented out a single room in the home to house hack, but after a career change and a bug move we decided to turn the house into a single-family rental situation.

#4 many will say contractor, but your PMC and/or agent should be able to handle that#5 lender#6 real estate attorney

Congrats on beginning your real estate investing journey.

Real people and developers, and not chats/bots.

Hi Chebeli,  I'm a Pasadena area GC and been investing in real estate since 2008. 

What's the hardest (or most frustrating) part of real estate investing for you?

Initially we had intended on starting our real estate journey through multi-family house hacking, but this opportunity popped up first and it was hard to ignore.

pid=2096Houston Real Estate Highlights in June, 2024:-Single-family home sales declined 11.6 percent year-over-year;-Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes went from 45 to 46 days;-Total property sales were down 13.6 percent with 9,133 units sold;-Total dollar volume declined 12.2 percent to $3.8 billion;-The single-family median price was statistically flat at $345,500;-The single-family average price was statistically flat at $432,090; -Single-family home months of inventory registered a 4.3-months supply, up from 3.0 months last June;-Townhome/condominium sales continued to decline, falling 19.9 percent, with the median price up 12.1 percent to $241,000 and the average price up 7.8 percent to $271,356.

Get an real estate attorney to draw up the contract , and refer you to a title company 

Before proceeding you should become familiar with commercial real estate.A Quad is valued the same way as single family, using the comparative market analysis approach.