As you continue to interview PMs, you'll add/remove questions and you'll begin to understand the flow of asking questions to highlight your main priorities.

Highlight the showers in the listing.If you meet them in person, give your place a compliment like "The yard would be great for your kids.

@Ian Kee Right, it can mess me up but that's why I wish there was some tutorial that highlights all the important points, clauses, what's necessary, etc. when purchasing on off market property.

@Monica Litster I listen to them on "Play Music" on my phone and once I have finished listening to one, it gets highlighted.

Get a contract highlighting this a takeover of 'existing' financing, and give myself a 90 days grace period before the first payment.4.

https://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in July: Single-family home sales rose 9.1 percent year-over-year, with 8,108 units sold;Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes remained unchanged at 48 days;Total property sales increased 8.5 percent, with 9,559 units sold;Total dollar volume jumped 11.4 percent to nearly $2.8 billion;The single-family home median price rose 5.9 percent to $243,500, reaching a July high;The single-family home average price also achieved a July record, rising 2.4 percent to $305,910;Single-family homes months of inventory was at a 4.2-months supply, down fractionally from 4.3 months last July, but nonetheless at the highest level since August 2017;Townhome/condominium sales rose 6.1 percent, with the average price up 6.9 percent to $215,110 and the median price up 9.3 percent to $165,000;Leases of single-family homes fell 1.9 percent with the average rent up 5.6 percent to $1,916;Volume of townhome/condominium leases dropped 6.6 percent with the average rent up 7.7 percent to $1,666.

I have a couple questions on how this differs from a normal transaction highlighted below. 

Investment Highlights: 12% Guaranteed Returns125% Buy Back Guaranteed year 5Fully Operational Parking Facility with 18 year track recordFully Hands-off & Fully managedTitle deed ownershipThis offering is compliant with Regulation D 506C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is being made outside the United States to non-US persons under Regulation S, Section 5 of the Securities Act.

I won't go into all the details here but my point is to highlight a bit more what's happening in the industry and ensure folks know its a team sport, that there are clear distinctions between an operator / sponsor and sometimes they are one and the same, and that the person who may be raising capital should both practically and legally have a broad based role in the GP partnership. 

In a number of the midwest states you highlighted I would advise strictly buying for cashflow and if you realize appreciation, it serves as the cherry on top!