Since housing is seasonal in many ways using a year-over-year comparison is the correct methodology to use when comparing market conditions.At first glance you might notice that the city of Aledo has a drastically higher median price when compared to last year.

One issue that I see with padsplit in Houston is that the people are very dependent on cars.If you try to have 4 people live in a 4 bedroom house and each person has 1 car. finding parking might be difficult for the tenants.The second issue that I see is that the rent's aren't that high compared to other cities making it less of an incentive for people to want to share a place.

Quote from @Nick Copland: If you’ve hosted both, you already know: corporate clients and traveling nurses are very different beasts.Here’s how I compare them after helping hosts nationwide:🏢 Corporate Clients✅ Longer stays (3–6 months)✅ Reliable payments🚫 Slower booking process, more paperwork💉 Traveling Nurses✅ Quick bookings, consistent demand✅ Usually solo, less wear-and-tear🚫 Stays often end early due to assignment changesMy take: build systems for both.

Here are some key highlights from the report, which compares October 2025 with October 2024:The median sales price in the City of Austin increased slightly to $552,500 (up <1%), while the greater Austin metro rose 1.4% to $439,000, indicating modest year-over-year appreciation and continued stability.Closed sales were essentially flat in Austin at 786 transactions (up <1%), while the metro saw a 9.6% decline to 2,238.

I think what’s important is to look at your competition and compare how there amenities compares to yours.

For those unfamiliar, Claude Code is Anthropic's command-line tool for agentic coding - it's definitely more of a power-user interface compared to the standard AI chats.

But I would say for the same house, you can expect a 5% lower price compared to last spring and more compared to next spring. 

The manager will have the biggest impact on your NOI for anything above 18 units.If you want to compare notes on what has been trading this year, I am happy to connect.

I’d imagine you’re looking at Texas for the same reason many are—it’s just a different world here compared to the costs in Colorado. 

Now that these improvements have been made, the expenses on the buildings will go down to about 35-40% compared to 50-60% over recent years.