I could probably rent the house as-is but I would hate for it to be an issue if there was ever a fire or something drastic.

Different pockets of Austin vary drastically so you really have to know the area.

When the VC moneydried up, they had to drastically raise their flat fees, but were still out of business within a year. 

A $30k down payment is going to DRASTICALLY limit your pool of buyers.

Largely, the appreciation in housing prices is coming from both new migrants and investors coming from the East (GTA) as well as international countries (predominately from the middle east).We are also seeing drastic increases in the rental rates which in turn are pushing investment property prices up as well.

The same street with the difference of a hundred house numbers can look drastically different.I hope this helps, rather than be discouraging.

The strategies you listed are drastically different from each other.

What a drastic change when I came to Florida.

This level of scrutiny drastically reduces the risk of renting to unreliable tenants.Realtors vs.

Whether or not you believe there will be drastic changes, we are already seeing increasing weather events with unusual patterns like the hurricane that whipped through Central (Inland) Florida in 2024.