I have been trying to think through how a surging population (via immigration) will impact housing. 

That house actually looks good to me for a rental of any kind because it's very accessible.

So all in, including some priority repairs we'd want to do aside from the basement, we're looking at about $750k on this house. 

Cash out refinance on my primary house, conventional mortgage 25% down How did you add value to the deal?

Housing inventory in Austin rose to 6.2 months, which is up by 2.7 months from May last year.

Additionally, you may qualify for the owner occupant exemption if you live in a unit within a 4-plex (or smaller), where you would technically be exempt from the fair housing act, but this exemption may not extend to your individual state or municipality. 

I currently have 6 multi family houses (20 doors) also I work 48 hours a week at my w2 job and if I want to continue to grow I will need clear SOP’s if I intend to bring someone on to help.

I bought a house with cash from pulling a heloc on my home, off market, unappraised (deal was a no brainer in a great part of town.) 

So we took the plunge on some cheap Detroit houses and it's been really good to us.

Birds of a feather flock together!