Is Texas a nightmare to be a landlord?

[Eric W.]

I live in the DFW area and have been considering a rental property. But from the outside looking in as someone who isn’t a landlord, TX seems like an absolute nightmare to own a rental property: 

1.) crazy weather (tornados, gorilla hail, high winds, ice, extreme prolonged heat) hard on roof and AC 

2.) high property taxes (lose the ability to homestead exemption) 

3.) already had extreme price appreciation for many years

for those of you who own rentals in tx is it rough? Am I wrong to think this? I understand it’s a popular place with a good economy, but I get caught up on the stuff I listed above. Wouldn’t it be much less stress to own in a lower property tax state with less intense weather?