So I would go for Austin since it has the highest forecasted population growth of any city in the US and there are barriers to entry and restriction on supply and companies want to move to Austin because it's cheap compared to CA and business-friendly.

At your age it should be cheap... it might make sense

Interior needed new paint due to cheap flat paint that was used from the builder.

My homes require a 4-night minimum and are not cheap so this normally weeds out the riff raff.

identify the returns or yields you want figure out if you want returns as soon as you purchase the note or delayed into the future figure out your risk tolerance find free or cheap educational content about notes get trained up by a class or a mentor purchase

The following discussion is just on Cargo Containers.Only if you have cheap/extra land and can do rock roads (if you have to have concrete/asphalt roads, you need a higher return unit).If your in the country and your zoning allows it, go with 20 foot Cargo containers as a good part of your mix.

Neither option is cheap or easy to accomplish alone.

Looking from cheap home since market price has increased.

I know that in Indiana, buying cheap houses, demoing them, and building fresh is a solid strategy for flipping but having seen the list of permits required up there vs down here, I would advise to make sure that you have all your t's crossed and i's dotted. 

Got 2 window contacts (one who does everything and one who can just provide cheap windows) Also have a cheap hvac guy but his work looks cheap.Trying to build my team/contacts too.