It's AirBNB/VRBO friendly, with a 10-month high season, Jan & Feb are the only low months but even those pay the mortgage.

Austin is super ridiculously sided with a demand that's planting roots here and living, low inventory and post-recession boom so you're going to get low cash flow and the possibility of high appreciation at the moment.

I don't want multi-family and I already understand NNN, so I'm just exploring other "outside the box" options that are low impact and very passive. 

Transfer around with low interest offers if you can, like Stephanie mentions.In '07 I got a cash-out refi for $106k and sold it last year for $145k. 

as long as it is low balance/ empty when you go to finance... it isnt a big deal. 

Low crime makes any location more desirable, so you can usually search crime maps.

I have a house that's under contract. I'm buying it at $150,850 (motivated seller) and 4 years ago it sold for $187,500. It is in the same shape as before.The appraisal came in at $155,000 and will cause me more than ...

It also gives you landlording experience for a relatively low downpayment ( < 5%).

So my initial strategy was to have my loan repayment be as low as I can (income-based) and use that extra money to invest.

@Kameisha Campbell My favorite free/low cost sources are:1.