The numbers are in line with anyone who starts a business, it's like a 90% fail rate to be an entrepreneur.

@Benjamin Larabee I'm a longtime investor, and just started a new bookkeeping business.

Start with BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginners Guide (free).

It seems now we have a bull market and if it starts going the other way I would like my rental to at least continue to produce monthly cashflow...that's where I'm at now...still researching and seeing my options... $46,800/year in cash flow with $500k is a nice yield at 9.36% ($46,800/$500,000).

Starting to get competitive though for investment properties because of that reason you have more and more people entering the market from out of state.

So I'm interested in getting started in purchasing and running self storage facilities and want to learn more.  

If enough people reach out, eventually it would be great to start a meetup group for STR investors in the area.

Or start a business which would require a lot more time than owning RE.If it were me and Dallas is appreciating, I'd probably hold onto it since you've had it since 2011.

Here's a good starting point: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/what-to-ask-a-real-estate... 

Hope this helps you get started, and good luck with your first property!