Brand new to REI and in the process of just acquiring knowledge before diving in anywhere.Since I live in the SF Bay market craziness, I'm looking into opportunities out of the area.I know Austin has been a hot market recently, and as such may not have much available (in the cash flow sense), but I'll be visiting there next week and curious if it's worth reaching out to a realtor there to take a look around.I figure when I'm ready, I'll probably look to buy-and-hold a single family or multi family that starts with cash flow.  

The quicker we do either of these things the more income we will generate from the property, because the longer we hold on to the property, the more we will have to pay holding costs.

That's one thing holding me back from moving forward.Originally posted by @Doug W.

Being that the purchaser of a Land Contract holds equitable title and the seller holds legal title during the term of the contract, is the purchaser able to sell or refinance the property before the contract is completed? 

Being that the purchaser of a Land Contract holds equitable title and the seller holds legal title during the term of the contract, is the purchaser able to sell or refinance the property before the contract is completed?

Called and was on hold for 2 hours and then tried live chat, only to be told it's a known issue and there will be an email tomorrow.

Adding an extra bedroom in dead space is a nice one if you're doing a buy and hold.

@Achi Adamit, if you had the intent to hold that lot while deciding how to ultimately handle it and didn't do something like have it listed for sale the entire time you should be able to do a 1031.  

Being able to hold a beer helps bring me out of my shell.  

This would potentially lock folks into holding onto property, and inhibit the free flow of capital around the real estate markets which are a primary generator of GDP growth.