The 1st deal is still ongoing, and I had to exercise my pledge agreement I had on Kevin’s entity as he still hadn’t sold or repaid me.

In my experience the only way to make any money with a USDA property is to syndicate LIHTC funds and secure a developer's fee, as the rents rarely generate any significant ongoing cash flow.Kyle

I am not currently attending any meet-ups but was planning on going to the Killeen/Temple one.

This can be a good way to save a ton on fees without going through the additional hours of work and ongoing education.

They did not know this and they bought the building and started to add on going to another story and they found out they had to tear it down because someone sold the space rights to someone else. 

I reject all “hotel” bookings for 1-3 nights more than 2-3 weeks ahead because I always try to leave open for a longer weeklong stay or to rent the place to a signed tenant on an ongoing lease.It depends how much your time is worth.

I have three tenants that had on-going leases when I purchased the property in July 2018.

If you can get 100% financing, will its rent return cover both the mortgage and its other ongoing expenses?

Cost aside you should avoid over under as you will have ongoing tenant noise complaints.

Due diligence costs are sort of like buying gas to get to work, just an ongoing nonreimbursed expense.