All Forum Posts by: Jered Lui

Hi Everyone, 

My name is Jered and I am looking for some information about the Fort Worth/Arlington area. My cousin is a nurse who works at the Baylor Medical Center but will soon be attending TCU for a graduate degree in in nursing. He is currently renting and will be looking to house hack, most likely with an FHA, in 2023. His start date at TCU in Aug 2023 and is looking to have his home purchased/move-in ready before then.

My wife Erin and I will be partnering up with him for the deal and we are looking to find out some information about neighborhoods in both Arlington and Fort Worth. For the sake of a sound buy and hold investment, we are looking for MFH or a SFH to rent out room by room (ideally to TCU students). Our budget is around a $350-400k.

Any all of information would be greatly appreciated. Here are some specific questions I've looking to get answers to.

1.) What are some "up and coming" neighborhoods in Fort Worth and in Arlington? 

- Done a little research and spoke to a few realtors in the area and have heard good things about Arlington Heights , Westcliff, and Benbrook in Fort Worth. And in Arlington, I am looking at the Pantego and Southwest Arlington.

2.) It seems like MFH are hard to come by in Fort Worth and Arlington so maybe finding a SFH and renting out room by room to other college students would work as well? What are the pros and cons of doing either?

3.) Does it even make sense to look in Arlington if my cousin is going to be attending TCU?

Thanks in advance for all of your help!

@Dena Puliatti thank you for the advice. Do you have any real estate agents, with experience with OOS investors, that you could recommend? Specifically for the Huntsville/Madison area :)

Thank you for sharing Caleb! 

I am also looking to invest in Saginaw and would love the chance to attend the virtual meetings. If the meeting info could be provided to me, that would be awesome, thank you!