I’m in a similar situation in Concord NC.

It's no guarantee but it's a good place to start.

Quote from @Jadon Grant: So, my business partner and I have run into a little bit of a roadblock.

I'd start with picking one city and spending a lot of your time to do a deep dive building relationships and learning different areas.

Quote from @Eli Ling: You are losing over $160 a month or $1,920 a year by keeping a tenant who can barely afford the reduced rent, and he complains even though you provide pest service.

I was in a similar situation for my second house hack.

Quote from @Youssef Pullman: Where do you guys get your cold calling lists from in dallas , Houston texas , am struggling finding a good data to work with and i have a team of 2 cold callersHey Youssef, I am the owner of DealMachine.

I'm finding when I look at a given property, I get inaccurate comps in two ways: 1st, a property will show up in the list as a comp to my subject property but have a REALLY low sale value; upon investigation I find that the property acutally hasn't sold in 10+ years but PropStream thought it was comp; 2nd, a property will show up as "Sold" in the MLS status, but all ownership and transaction history tab don't reflect the new data.

Figure out a way to narrow it down.

Work with multiple brokers, as a buyer - don't restrict yourself to a single broker.