Due to recent declines in the energy sector and the resulting economic slowdown, Houston has begun to exhibit a softening in price growth.https://www.recenter.tamu.edu/articles/technical-report/Texas%20housing%20economy%20leading%20index%20construction

No, not technically, but it's a matter of what will allow you to sleep comfortably at night. 

Originally posted by @Joshua Guerrero:I'm looking to purchase my first single family home with a big enough land for my plans, using a 203k loan to rehab the house. iv done all my research and due diligence but I would like to rent out the house. can I rent the house out and live in a back room of the house or do I have to live specifically in the house   Joshua-I think you only need to live on the property technically as long as it is 1-4 family you are good. (3) Secrets Everyone Needs to know about using a 203k loan

The issue is this is technically not a "refinance" for you and your wife.  

Technically none of them are that great - most are either built on salesforce's platform or in .net.

But for the purposes of a regular mortgage: It's a complete house no matter how gross the oven and bathroom is, provided that they are technically functional.

(which is technically illegal anyway)You could also look at a tenants in common where the investors gets X% of the property and you get Y%.  

Though the case in the article may be difficult to argue in court since the level measured was technically within EPA guidelines.

The latter is great for investors applying technical analysis to their decision making.

Second, if you get financing on the house and use your home equity as the down payment so the house is technically 100% financed, will it still cash flow?