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!

@Anthony CapaldiMate 10% interest from a private lender in a deal you have little skin in, and what’s potentially your first deal, is sensational!