Looking for referrals and opinions on Fort Worth area

[Sharon Rosendahl]

Hey All,

We are about to sell one of our properties in Washington state and want to relocate our money to a more landlord friendly state. We will be doing 1031 so will be short on time and are preparing ahead of listing the houses. We normally purchase in what we call fringe areas, places that are commutable to a metro area but not so close that they are congested. We are simple country people who don't do well with crowded cities and don't really understand what that type of people are looking for in a unit.

To begin with, I need an investor friendly Realtor who can help me with finding the right property and a PM as I can't really manage a property so far from my home base.

I have chosen the DFW area for multiple reasons, not just the better legal situation. I spent 16 years east of Albuquerque so TX isn't a far leap. DFW doesn't have the awful humidity in the Gulf Coast. It is closer to home than Florida which is choice #2, although also very humid. I don't care much for hot and humid. I also feel that the area has had pretty steady growth over my lifetime and isn't likely to have fluctuations like some places that have a single industry.

So please offer your opinions on agents, PMs and towns.

Thanks

Sharon

[Andrew Postell]

@Sharon Rosendahl thanks for reaching out. I could probably list a TON of other benefits to real estate in DFW (I move here from NY and it's like the promise land to me here) but let me provide you two suggestions:

• @Joe Funari is an active real estate investor and is a real estate agent on the Fort Worth side of town.  Very hard worker and he's active on Bigger Pockets too.
• @Kyle Mccaw is an amazing property manager.  He is ALSO a real estate investor.  

I am sure there are others that are very good but those two come with my highest possible recommendation.