EDUCATE YOURSELF - yes, it will take time, but will lead to a selection that better meets your expectations & avoids potentially costly surprises!

And you don't have to worry about qualifying for a mortgage right now, the overhead of a PITI payment, tenant issues, or surprise costs for maintenance and repairs.

You'd be surprised how much water can leak underground and not be obvious....depends on your soil and where its leaking. 

EDUCATE YOURSELF - yes, it will take time, but will lead to a selection that better meets your expectations & avoids potentially costly surprises!

I was dismissing it previously but I’d love to be pleasantly surprised.

@Dilini SundaramI'm sad (but no longer surprised) that two days and a dozen comments later, not a single person brought up the issue that we should start with: are you even in a position to offset your income with RE losses? 

Even help me with practice on shortening up the details of it ha. some other topics would be areas of interest, market discussions, etc...I'm in the north austin area and don't mind driving to convenient areas in case everyone is south.

EDUCATE YOURSELF - yes, it will take time, but will lead to a selection that better meets your expectations & avoids potentially costly surprises!

EDUCATE YOURSELF - yes, it will take time, but will lead to a selection that better meets your expectations & avoids potentially costly surprises!

EDUCATE YOURSELF - yes, it will take time, but will lead to a selection that better meets your expectations & avoids potentially costly surprises!