Buyers have a bit more breathing room to negotiate.Sales Activity Upward Tick: Closed listings across the Austin metro area saw a 5.9% increase compared to April 2023, indicating continued housing market activity.What Does This Mean?

My pleasure mate,You can learn the market by immersing yourself in it and by networking/connecting with locals that live and breath it.Nothing worth it is ever easy.Keep the dream alive mate

I threw myself into education so deep that I'm fairly confident that there isn't a book, course, tape set, cd set, made from the time ....How to make friends and influence people,(a book on tape, which is mandatory reading if your serious about this business),  all the way to every guru's advertised course  up until the year 2000.....

For investors, making informed purchasing decisions and gaining a deep understanding of the market is essential though.

Start by learning the real estate basics, study the market, set your goals, get a team of experts, make friends in the field, look into how to pay for it, begin small then grow, do deep checks, and go for it.

I was just trying to understand why my mortgage company proposed a short sale from the very beginning instead of just giving me a couple of months breathing room to find a new job.

(Yes I know there are other restrictions/conditions.)In the past, I have toyed with the idea of a vacation/rental property in Ocean City, MD, Rehoboth/Bethany/Dewy, DE, and/or the Deep Creek Lake, MD area (I like the idea of being within 3 hours of the rental property in case something goes horrible wrong and I need to travel to the property). 

Usually you can get a deep discount at a foreclosure auction. 

Don't be so harsh on that CPA :). 1031 is a narrow deep niche that only nerds like me delve in.   

Normally, I do not establish LLCs until I have the property under contract and I am deep into the closing process.Regarding if you need a LLC, it all depends on your risk tolerance.