You can not do a pet deposit unless your security deposit is less then 1 months rent.

The world of commissions has changed lately and here in Texas they keep us on our toes by rolling out new contract forms monthly.

Small multi-family properties starting at over $1M, which is pretty expensive and, resale single family (before year 2000) offer minimal cash flow (~$200-300/month).2.

$100 a month is not enough for a duplex depending on age.how well do you know this market?  

Purchase price: $178,000 Cash invested: $10,000 primary home own use has an Airbnb/ short term rental 5 months out the year/sometime this year will try BRRRR

I am preparing to attend their next meetup towards the end of the month and will continue looking for more ways to stay engaged.

We bought a house 9 months after our first offer once:)

This is a good question.I found that meetups are kind of like you described not much really happens there and for sure REIAs and their monthly meeting kind of the same people talking about the same thing then bring in ( at least what i have seen with the PDX reia) folks that are presenting on things that worked decades ago.. and want to sell their stuff for a few grand.For me personally the best networking hands down was SF Bay Area events  San Jose Reiaand LA  FIBI events.folks in those markets are very real estate centric and generally more experienced and in San Jose so many tech folks that have done really really well.. maybe not in RE but have done great in TECH and have quite a bit of bandwidth for investments..

Because that property didn't quite fit my portfolio profile, I re-sold it 5 months later for $375,000. 

Our budget for reno was $65,000, 2 month turnaround.