Houston Real Estate Highlights in June Single-family home sales fell shy of last June’s record-setting levels, declining 3.4 percent year-over-year, with 8,097 units sold, marking the first down sales month of 2019;On a year-to-date basis, single-family home sales are 1.4 percent ahead of 2018’s record pace;Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes went from 48 to 49 days;Total property sales fell 5.1 percent, with 9,461 units sold;Total dollar volume slid 3.1 percent to slightly more than $2.9 billion;The single-family home median price rose 2.9 percent to $252,000, achieving an all-time high;The single-family home average price was up 2.0 percent to $321,973 – a record high for a June;Single-family homes months of inventory reached a 4.4-months supply, up from 4.1 months last June and the most plentiful level since before Hurricane Harvey tore through the region in August 2017.

We spent the last 2 days doing massive plumbing "repairs" to old galvanized supply lines with one shut off for 7 units.

Which suggest there is just a structural lack of supply of affordable apartments.That's what I see in my market.

Although I am too young to buy my own property I'd love to jump in a gain that crucial hands on experience that no book can supply.

Items like the broken blind (that you supplied) are appropriate to bring up then.  

I have an addendum on the contracts that says my tenants are responsible for maintenance of certain things (replacing HVAC Filters every 2-3mos, Refrigerator water Filters, Light bulbs... especially Garbage disposals)... of course, I will supply the materials every year (bulbs, filter etc.)  

Probably won’t find a better hml rate though....most HML’s don’t have an endless supply of money like banks do, the smaller ones run out of funds occasionally.

They get damaged/dented stuff all the time and sell construction supplies as well. 

Greetings, i recently purchased a home that currently has an HVAC system in the attic with supply/return vents though out the home.

It's something to consider alongside the market's growth rate and the amount of new supply in development.