I love that there are countless properties that need to be renovated (avg. home/mult built in early 1900s)4. 

I have trouble believing that.They say you should start as close to home as possible, so you can attend sales and size up properties yourself.

I recently received a quote to paint the entire interior of my recently purchased home.

I'm wondering if I should wait until the market improved (lower house prices and lower interest rate) or if there are still opportunities to invest in rental properties right now? 

Apply a cap rate roughly 2 points higher than mobile home parks.

I could also take a look...I've helped a lot of people analyze a listing to see what could be improved or gather more attention on the OTAs.

I decided to do a complete renovation of the home, rather than placing tenants right away.

For example, if you're looking for homes with basements... the MLS options you're considering may not have any inputted data for the "basement" section because there are no basements in those listings)- could be a convo to have with the agent's broker about how they're approaching the search strategy and that you're not happy with it- How did you "go on the MLS"?

Whether it's  keeping  their home or selling keeping as much equity as possible.

pid=2072Houston Real Estate Highlights in April, 2024:-Single-family home sales rose 9.2 percent year-over-year;-Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes went from 56 to 49 days;-Total property sales rose 8.7 percent with 9,611 units sold;-Total dollar volume was up 13.8 percent to $4 billion;-The single-family median price rose 3.0 percent to $340,000;-The single-family average price rose 4.6 percent to $437,198; -Single-family home months of inventory registered a 3.7-months supply, up from 2.6 months a year earlier;-Townhome/condominium sales continued to decline, falling 1.3 percent, with the median price down 1.8 percent to $230,000 and the average price down 0.5 percent to $278,048.