You asked for opinions and the truth, there you have one, feel free to ignore.  

Ignore all the stories tenants tell you.

If not, ignore him.

They are already ignoring you no reason they will respond from a letter.You can also post notice that you and/or the city are going to do a health/safety check as you are nervous that maybe they are not well. 

If the property owners are not responsive to letters, emails, or phone calls odds are they're ignoring you.

Sorry for my ignorance.

Money supply at an all-time high, ballooning deficit, localized 40% year over year appreciation, rising unemployment and .25-.45% rent/price ratios point toward a market prone to burst.I personally see values in Austin plateauing here for the next 12 months and find it interesting that we only discuss real estate values in the context of explosions or collapses and ignore the most probable outcome- market neutrality.As long Austin continues to attract a well paid populous, there will be buyers to absorb inventory as it becomes available, protecting from any sort of pull back in values.

Yes, obviously people who buy with all-cash offers are usually a lot less leveraged than people that buy using as much leverage as possible, but that doesn't mean they are ignorant of the principle of and take no advantage of leverage in their business.3.

I think property managers are great if you can't handle tenants yourself or outgrow that job of self-management but if you want to learn how to invest knowing how to do it yourself is worth the 10% imo (if you already know you can't handle tenants then ignore that advice!

I will plead a large degree of ignorance on the technicalities of this subject.